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Covers:  Myriad of issues surrounding living with food allergies with an emphasis on airline travel.
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Lianne Mandelbaum’s Biography

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In 2013, following a negative travel experience with her family, Lianne founded nonuttraveler.com - an advocacy website for food allergic flyers. Her goal is to increase awareness of the seriousness of life-threatening food allergies with an emphasis on air travel. The site provides resources and tools so that food allergic passengers can make informed decisions in choosing airlines and mitigate their risk.

Lianne Mandelbaum M.S. P.T. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons is…

Lianne Mandelbaum’s Journalist Portfolio

Empathy and awareness: Unveiling the hidden dangers of food allergies

Empathy and awareness: Unveiling the hidden dangers of food allergies

Join us for an insightful podcast episode as we discuss the critical issue of food allergies and the recent i…

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New FAA Act Will Make Airplane Medical Kits Anaphylaxis Ready

New FAA Act Will Make Airplane Medical Kits Anaphylaxis Ready

The new FAA act requires airplane emergency kits to be anaphylaxis ready. Why this good news should mean kits…

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30 Things Food Allergy Parents Wish You Knew

30 Things Food Allergy Parents Wish You Knew

Parents of children with food allergies share truths about what it truly means to have a food allergy.

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Opinion: The Dark Side of the Relentless Food Allergy 'Humor'

Opinion: The Dark Side of the Relentless Food Allergy 'Humor'

Lianne Mandelbaum on why food allergy humor like the 'Epi Pen Ale' isn't harmless. There are consequences: fr…

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Busting Airline Nut Allergy Myths - or Upping Allergy Backlash?

Busting Airline Nut Allergy Myths - or Upping Allergy Backlash?

An airlines paper by experts asserts there's no need for in-flight allergy PA announcements. Now clickbait he…

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Articles

Airline Meals and Allergens: 2 Troubling Reactions to Hidden Nut

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By Lianne Mandelbaum
| Allergic Living Magazine Verified
The lack of allergy labeling on in-flight meals has taken an alarming turn that I’ve been warning about. A 5-year-old with nut and egg allergies on July 2 ate a few bites of hummus in Business Class that turned out to contain cashew. The child’s mother says an American Airlines flight attendant had said the hummus contained neither allergen. As the child developed hives and started to double over with stomach pain, the mom says the attendant then looked up the food on the airline’s app.
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FAA’s Awaited Rule on Epi on Planes: Why the Fine Print Matters

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By Lianne Mandelbaum
| Allergic Living Magazine Verified
Two years ago, I wrote in Allergic Living about what appeared to be a turning point for passengers at risk of anaphylaxis. After years of advocacy by physicians, patients and allergy organizations, Congress directed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update the contents of airline emergency medical kits. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 singled out the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis as a priority for the airline regulator to address through new rules.
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Why a Hulu comedy’s food allergy myths are dangerous

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By Lianne Mandelbaum, Monique Potvin Kent, Divya Srinivasan
| KevinMD.com
Food allergy has long been one of the few life-threatening medical conditions that society still treats as entertainment. For years, it has been the punchline in comedies. More recently, it has appeared as a convenient murder weapon in television dramas and thrillers. Now, in a recent comedy series, viewers are presented with something arguably just as dangerous: a storyline built around nearly every major misconception the public holds about food allergy and anaphylaxis.
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