News on Plasma Awareness Act
We are excited to announce that Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the Plasma Donation Awareness Act (S. 1281) in the Senate yesterday. S. 1281 is a bill to update the blood donation public awareness campaign of the Department of Health...
Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Alphas: April 16, 2021
Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Alphas STATEMENT UPDATED: April 16, 2021 Please note, this statement is specific to the United States. If you are an individual with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1) living outside the U.S., please see the specific statements...
Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD Webinar: A Review of Recent Literature
The US COPD Coalition (USCC) has announced their next webinar, which will feature Allison Cihla, MD, Medical Director of Intensive Care and Cardiopulmonary Services at Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood, West Virginia. Dr. Cihla will answer many frequently asked...
22nd Gordon L. Snider Critical Issues Workshop
The Alpha-1 Foundation hosted the virtual 22nd Gordon L. Snider Critical Issues Workshop entitled, CT Lung Density Estimates in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: State of the Art on Friday, April 9, 2022. This workshop was laser-focused on the clinical endpoint CT...