SEATTLE, Wash. — It was late August. The parent on the other end of the phone was distraught. She had just learned that she’d have to provide an EpiPen to the school where her first-grade son was enrolled — and was told by a pharmacist that none was available. The boy is allergic to shellfish. EpiPens deliver a dose of epinephrine to stop a life-threatening allergic attack if an allergen is inadvertently eaten. Without the injectors and a signed letter from […]
