New NIAID Animation Helps Explain Food Allergy

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New NIAID Animation Helps Explain Food Allergy
NIAID has developed a three-minute animation that shows how the immune system responds to a food allergen and what you should do to avoid potential exposures.
Did you know?

• An estimated 15 million Americans have food allergies
• Food allergies appear to be on the rise in all industrialized countries
• A food allergy reaction sends someone to the hospital emergency department every three minutes

Check out the NIAID animation on YouTube.