The Straits TimesGet the word out – blood donation is good for donorsThe Straits TimesWhile presenting awards to champion blood donors on World Blood Donor Day last month, Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong emphasised that Singapore needs to increase blo…
Warrant issued for mountain biker after RCMP determine barbed wire encounter on trail never occurred – CTV News
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Warrant issued for mountain biker after RCMP determine barbed wire encounter on trail never occurred
CTV News “We can confirm that the campaign organizer Stelios Psaroudakis, closed the campaign and all donors have now been refunded,” said Rachel Hollis, communications manager for GoFundMe in Canada. “Stelios Psaroudakis has also been banned from using … |
UofL cuts five staff positions in advancement office following 25 percent decrease in gifts last fiscal year – Insider Louisville
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UofL cuts five staff positions in advancement office following 25 percent decrease in gifts last fiscal year
Insider Louisville UofL spokesman John Karman tells IL that five “support staff” positions were cut last week in the university advancement department as part of a reduction in force and “ongoing university belt-tightening related to the budget shortfall. … While gifts … |
Bristol Woman Mixes Love Of Running With Organ Donation – Hartford Courant
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Bristol Woman Mixes Love Of Running With Organ Donation
Hartford Courant She is trying to get enough people interested (she needs 400) to have the DMV offer organ donation license plates, a sample of which she is holding. Centurelli is a … “She can see today because someone was an organ donor,” Centurelli said. Centurelli … |
NDP abruptly changes course on political action committees. Jason Kenney is unimpressed. – Calgary Herald
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NDP abruptly changes course on political action committees. Jason Kenney is unimpressed.
Calgary Herald Speaking Thursday, Kenney said he supported the government’s legislation passed last November, which requires third-party organizations to publicly disclose donations and expenditures related to political advertising. And he noted that Gray more … |
Waynesburg woman with cystic fibrosis gets fourth transplant surgery – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWaynesburg woman with cystic fibrosis gets fourth transplant surgeryPittsburgh Post-GazetteIn the last seven years, Morgan Yoney has had two double-lung transplants and a liver transplant from deceased donors to help her deal wit…
Kaiser/UNAIDS study finds donor government funding for HIV declined by 7% in 2016, falling to lowest level since 2010 – UNAIDS (press release)
Kaiser/UNAIDS study finds donor government funding for HIV declined by 7% in 2016, falling to lowest level since 2010UNAIDS (press release)Donor government funding to support HIV efforts in low- and middle-income countries decreased by US$511 million f…
Western donors freeze support for ‘obsolete’ South Sudan peace deal – Channel NewsAsia
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Western donors freeze support for ‘obsolete’ South Sudan peace deal
Channel NewsAsia NAIROBI: Western donor nations will commit no further resources to support implementation of South Sudan’s peace deal, until East Africa’s leaders find a credible way of relaunching an agreement ripped apart by a worsening conflict. Signed in 2015, the … |
Critical need for standardized organ donation metrics, researchers say – Science Daily
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Critical need for standardized organ donation metrics, researchers say
Science Daily “Our data demonstrates that thousands of people eligible to become a deceased-organ donor every year never realize that opportunity, and current measures of OPO performance fail to capture these lost opportunities,” said lead author, David S. Goldberg, … |
Concern over ‘opt-out’ plan for organ donation – Jewish Chronicle
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Concern over ‘opt-out’ plan for organ donation
Jewish Chronicle The Scottish government is planning to introduce a new system of organ donation, which is opposed by the Orthodox Jewish community. It proposes switching to an “opt-out” system where a person’s organs may be used for transplant after death unless they … |