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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Announces 2023 Allergy Capitals

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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For people with asthma, allergies can trigger an asthma attack,” says Kenneth Mendez, CEO and president of AAFA.

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  • For people with asthma, allergies can trigger an asthma attack,” says Kenneth Mendez, CEO and president of AAFA.
  • This means more allergy and asthma attacks and additional strain on our health systems.”
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  • Around 60-80% of the nearly 26 million people in the U.S. with asthma have allergic asthma.
  • “Allergy testing is also a way to better understand your allergy triggers and therefore, better manage them.”
    For tips on how to manage your pollen allergies, go to aafa.org/pollen-allergy .

ClimateCheck Launches First Property Level Assessments of Climate Change Driven Wildfire Impacts on Homes, Land

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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
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ClimateCheck is the first company to offer a complete picture of climate risks at the doorstep level.

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  • ClimateCheck is the first company to offer a complete picture of climate risks at the doorstep level.
  • Climate change driven impacts are increasingly affecting local communities with long periods of unusually hot weather, severe storms, wildfires, and flooding.
  • Now we can all understand how climate change impacts us and even more importantly what we can do about it.".
  • ClimateCheck combines and analyzes the most trusted climate data from academic and government institutions with property-level data, giving homeowners, buyers, and others the most individualized look at how climate change will affect their home or property.