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Article: Here comes allergy season again.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- August 1, 1998
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Allergy sufferers throughout the U.S. are or soon will be experiencing the itchy and watery eyes, nasal congestion, runny noses, headaches, drowsiness, sneezes, and over-all miserableness that accompany fall allergy season. In response, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Milwaukee, Wis., offers the following advice on allergy relief and reminds the public to take allergies seriously:
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