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After Traveler Health Scares, Why Don't Airlines Carry EpiPens?

Advocates say say there's a life-saving medication missing from too many flight emergency kits.

EpiPens are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016.
EpiPens are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NEW YORK — Every airline has a checklist before take-off, but advocates for people with food allergies say there’s a life-saving medication missing from too many flight emergency kits.

Now, CBS2’s Jessica Layton reports on the fight to get epinephrine auto injectors – better known as EpiPens – on planes after a doctor saved a stranger mid-flight.

Read more on CBS New York.

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