29Jun/16

Parties — especially Dems — lag in convention funding – Center for Responsive Politics


Center for Responsive Politics

Parties — especially Dems — lag in convention funding
Center for Responsive Politics
The DNC also badly trails its Republican counterpart in fundraising for the other two special party accounts to which donors can give more than $100,000 per year, which were created by Congress at the same time as the convention account. Totals thus

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29Jun/16

Step up campaigns for blood donation – Deccan Herald

Royal GazetteStep up campaigns for blood donationDeccan HeraldThough the practice of voluntary blood donation has gained ground in India in recent years, it is yet to become a movement and the supply is much less than the demand. The World Health Organ…

29Jun/16

For gay men, blood donation regulations a gray area – Tallahassee.com

Tallahassee.comFor gay men, blood donation regulations a gray areaTallahassee.comMatt Dauphin and Laurel Lathrop wanted to join the long lines forming around local blood banks following the June 12 mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Like the …

29Jun/16

If You Want to Make Sure Your Family Knows You’re an Organ Donor, Put It on Facebook – Slate Magazine


Slate Magazine

If You Want to Make Sure Your Family Knows You’re an Organ Donor, Put It on Facebook
Slate Magazine
“Because we had discussed this issue before, the decision to donate her organs and tissues for transplantation was simple,” Moritsugu said at a White House summit on organ donation in June. Things were murkier when his daughter died not long after.

29Jun/16

Lawmakers call for changes to blood donation rules – Fox 35 Orlando


Fox 35 Orlando

Lawmakers call for changes to blood donation rules
Fox 35 Orlando
“We can’t say that we have first-class citizens and second-class citizens,” Grayson said. “We can’t say some people can give blood and other people can’t based upon their sexual orientation or anything like that. That experience illuminated for all of
Lawmakers want to end blood donation restrictions for gay menSTLtoday.com
Canada’s limitations on gay blood donations ‘ridiculous’: HIV researchersGlobalnews.ca
Members of Congress Join Advocates in Pressuring FDA to Change Blood Donation RulesTheBody.com
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29Jun/16

Lawmakers want to end blood donation restrictions for gay men – STLtoday.com


STLtoday.com

Lawmakers want to end blood donation restrictions for gay men
STLtoday.com
“I think it’s important for people to understand that blood donation is not a right,” said Dr. Ronald Jackups, assistant professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University and director of the blood bank at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. “We
Lawmakers call for changes to blood donation rulesFox 35 Orlando
Members of Congress Join Advocates in Pressuring FDA to Change Blood Donation RulesTheBody.com
New push for lift of gay men blood donation banBlouin News Blogs (blog)
PerfScience –Christian Post –Pulse Headlines
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29Jun/16

Letters: It’s never been easier (or more vital) to donate blood – The Advocate

Letters: It’s never been easier (or more vital) to donate blood
The Advocate
But donating blood (or bone marrow/blood stem cell tissue through “Be the Match” or organs/tissue through LOPA), is a completely unnatural human act and typically requires some courage, education and coaxing. Awareness usually does not come until it is …

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