Latitude Food Allergy Care Celebrates Flagship Brooklyn Clinic Grand Opening During Food Allergy Awareness Week with an Open House on Tuesday, May 14
13 May 2024 - 4:18PM
Latitude Food Allergy Care, the leading network of clinics
providing life-changing testing and treatment, including oral
immunotherapy (OIT), to help families with food allergies live more
freely, celebrates the grand opening of its flagship Brooklyn
clinic (32 Court Street) during Food Allergy Awareness Week (May
13-17). The open house for food allergy patients and their families
will take place at the clinic on Tuesday, May 14, from 6 p.m. to
7:30 p.m.
Food Allergy Awareness Week offers food allergy patients and
their families an opportunity to come together, share resources and
spread awareness of food allergy issues among the broader
community. To help raise awareness about food
allergies, Latitude offers 5 things you can do during Food Allergy
Awareness Week, including:
Share your story: Consider sharing your
family’s experiences with food allergies in person, with friends
and colleagues, or on social media, using hashtags like
#FoodAllergyAwareness and #AllergyAlly. Storytelling is a powerful
force for social change. In doing so, you can help others
understand the reality of living with food allergies, inspire
empathy in those around you and help spread awareness that
treatment options are available.
Support allergy-friendly businesses: If you
know a restaurant, bakery, or another food establishment that goes
the extra mile to accommodate food allergy families, help spread
the word on social media or consider writing a review on a review
site like Yelp or Allergy Eats. In addition to supporting
businesses that make things safer for people with food allergies,
you’re creating more dialogue around the issue. Hopefully, other
establishments will step up and take notice.
Educate yourself and others: Brush up on the
facts and have a few resources you can point to so you can learn
more and educate others. Familiarize yourself with the following
sites to get started:
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
(ACAAI)
- Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE)
- The Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research at
Northwestern
If you’re not already a member of a support group, either
locally or online, now is a good time to make that connection. The
Latitude Facebook group is an excellent source of support. Kids
With Food Allergies (KWFA) — a division of the Asthma and Allergy
Foundation of America (AAFA) — also offers forums and newsletters
with the latest food allergy news.
Explore the latest testing and treatment
options: Complete testing, including oral food challenges
when appropriate, can ensure that families are not unnecessarily
avoiding foods. In addition, treatment options such as oral
immunotherapy (OIT) and the biologic Xolair may offer a proactive
path forward to help those burdened with food allergies move beyond
their daily physical and emotional limitations.
Advocate for policy changes: Stay informed
about the latest policy developments in the food safety space and
lend your voice to petitions and public commenting. Consider
lobbying your local and national government representatives for
better food labeling laws, increased funding for food allergy
research and more comprehensive school policies. Earlier this year,
the EPIPEN Act of 2024 was introduced in Congress in an effort to
cap the price of epinephrine autoinjectors. There is momentum for
the price of asthma medications — critical for many people with
food allergies — to also be capped. Organizations such as FARE,
FAACT and the Elijah-Alavi Foundation keep the public
up-to-date with FDA approvals for new medications and advocate for
food allergy-friendly legislation locally and nationally.
For more information about Latitude Food Allergy Care, visit
latitudefoodallergycare.com.
About Latitude Food Allergy Care
Latitude Food Allergy Care is the leading network of clinics
providing life-changing testing and treatment, including oral
immunotherapy (OIT), to help families with food allergies live more
freely. Latitude was founded in 2018 by food allergy parents in
partnership with world-renowned researchers to provide an
exceptional patient experience specifically designed for the needs
of food allergy patients of all ages. Led by board-certified
allergists, Latitude has provided evidence-based solutions like OIT
to more than 6,000 patients with single and multiple food
allergies, including those with the most severe food allergies.
Latitude has four clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area, a
clinic on the Upper East Side in New York City and a new clinic in
Brooklyn. Latitude is affiliated with UCSF Benioff Children’s
Physicians and Weill-Cornell Medicine and partners with Columbia
University Medical Center and Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy
& Asthma Research at Stanford University. Latitude accepts
insurance from most major carriers. For more information, please
visit latitudefoodallergycare.com and follow Latitude on Instagram,
Facebook, and Linkedin.
Stacy Callahan
Latitude Food Allergy Care
917-972-1101
stacy@astonishmediagroup.com