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Read through our latest stories, features and company updates.
The story of Kitt Medical with Zak & James (Affected Podcast)
Learn all about the founding story of Kitt Medical, Zak’s personal struggle with allergies, and more in this latest podcast interview with founders Zak & James.
How Anaphylaxis Kitts are made - out of recycled plastic! (UK Startup)
We’re so proud to say that all our Kitts are crafted from recycled plastic and hand-assembled with care and precision right here in our factory in Wales, UK.
Kitt Medical partners with St John Ambulance to Increase Allergy Awareness
St John Ambulance is England's leading first aid charity. Together, we’ll improve the quality of life for those living with severe allergies and increase the availability of emergency anaphylaxis treatment.
Teacher with no known allergies survives sudden life-threatening allergic reaction
A teacher experienced life-threatening anaphylaxis after drinking a ginger beer. An adrenaline pen from a Kitt was used by her colleague and he was credited with saving her life.
‘Understanding Allergies’ - Anaphylaxis Awareness free webinars
Allergies can be confusing. Anaphylaxis can be complicated. This Anaphylaxis Awareness Week, we wanted to help provide some clarity. That’s why we’re running two FREE webinars featuring leading allergy professionals.
Our NEW CPD-Accredited Allergy & Anaphylaxis training course for Schools & Workplaces
Created by us, for UK schools and qualifying businesses, this brand new online CPD-accredited course is included alongside an emergency supply of adrenaline pens with every Anaphylaxis Kitt subscription.
Inspirational 4-year-old Scottish boy raises funds for Anaphylaxis Kitt at his school
In case you haven’t already seen this wonderful story across all of our socials, or in the local press - Finn, a four-year-old boy who lives with severe allergies, raised funds through a sponsored bike ride to get his local school an Anaphylaxis Kitt!
A warning to the UK education sector - REACT Report, Benedict Blythe Foundation
Following the death of 8 year old Benedict due to a severe allergic reaction at school, mum Helen has worked tirelessly and published The REACT report - releasing groundbreaking statistics, and uncovering the lack of allergy safeguarding in UK education.
Having a life-threatening allergic reaction abroad | Nathan Bloohn - Allergy Interviews Ep #4
For the fourth instalment of our Allergy Interviews series, I chatted with someone actually with very similar allergies to myself: 21-year-old Nathan, who is allergic to all nuts, sesame and soya.
Living With Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis | Tee Houghton - Allergy Interviews Ep #3
For the third instalment of our Allergy Interviews series, I chatted with 19-year-old Tee Houghton - otherwise known as ‘Allergies In Bold’. Tee lives with a range of allergies from environmental factors such as dust, animal dander and pollen to foods such as shellfish and also exercise-induced anaphylaxis.
Family of 14-year-old girl who had severe allergic reaction at school “dread” what could have happened without Anaphylaxis Kitt
Ava was attending a dance rehearsal at the Harris Rainham Academy in Essex, when she had a severe allergic reaction and couldn’t find her adrenaline pens. Thankfully, an Anaphylaxis Kitt was installed nearby.
Understanding Allergy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment.
Allergy has been labelled by the World Health Organisation as a global epidemic, affecting approximately 550 million people globally. But what actually is allergy? What causes it? and how can it be treated? Let’s start from the very beginning.
Welcome to launch week
Today we started sending out the first wave of Anaphylaxis Kitt contracts to schools and academies across the country...
Winning the Santander X Launch Award 2022
Very, very, VERY excited to say that we’ve just won the Santander X Launch Award 2022!
We’re finalists in the Santander X UK Awards
We’re part of the 100 UK university startups shortlisted from 500+ businesses for entry into the Santander UK X Awards 2022!
Closing our second round of investment funding
We’ve officially closed our second investment round! (But that’s not all…)
The importance of having perspective
Looking back two years ago, Kitt Medical was just a prototyped idea named ‘ana.’ that I was building in my university bedroom.
Kitt Medical on the ‘Eating at a Meeting Podcast’
Chatted with Tracy Stuckrath on her 'Eating at a meeting' podcast about all things Kitt, allergy legislation, future plans and more!
Announcing that we’re raising a second round of investment
We’re raising a round of investment to help accelerate our launch and boost us to the next stage in our journey.
Announcing our training partnership with The Allergy Team
Our video training course on allergy and anaphylaxis in schools will be included with every Kitt subscription 🙌🏼