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15Oct/15

Blood Assurance In Critical Need For O-Blood Donors – The Chattanoogan

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Nooga.com

Blood Assurance In Critical Need For O-Blood Donors
The Chattanoogan
The organization’s goal is to receive 75 O-blood donations per day throughout the next six days in order to adequately supply the hospitals serviced by Blood Assurance. Those who don’t know their blood type may visit a local Blood Assurance donor …
Blood Assurance critically needs O- donorsabc19
Business Bits: Merle Norman announces grand opening and moreNooga.com

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15Oct/15

Letter: Blood donations for Red Cross should undergo screening – The Post

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The Post

Letter: Blood donations for Red Cross should undergo screening
The Post
I write in response to the article in the October 15 issue regarding restrictions on who can donate blood for the Red Cross. I think the most important thing to remember in this is that it is not about anyone’s wish or desire or “right” to donate blood …
Red Cross blood donation drive to be Oct. 23 in SylvaThe Sylva Herald
Double Red Cell DonorsFairfield Bay News
Red Cross offers scholarships to encourage student-led drivesNashua Telegraph

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14Oct/15

Prior sexual experiences could defer one from donating blood, FDA in process … – The Post

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Prior sexual experiences could defer one from donating blood, FDA in process …
The Post
Under the Food and Drug Administration’s guidelines, if a man has engaged in sexual relations with another man — even once — since 1977, the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, he is ineligible to donate blood for life. In May, the …
13Oct/15

Blood Assurance stresses never-ending need for donations – The Catoosa County News

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Blood Assurance stresses never-ending need for donations
The Catoosa County News
Chip Catlett, chairman of Blood Assurance’s North Georgia Advisory Board, said 1,625 units of blood were donated in Catoosa, where the local donation center is located, and 206 units were collected in Walker during the period July-September. For years …
13Oct/15

Misleading ad gives wrong notions about blood donation: Health Ministry – Indiantelevision.com

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Misleading ad gives wrong notions about blood donation: Health Ministry
Indiantelevision.com
Under Indian laws, human blood is treated as a ‘drug’ under the Drugs & Cosmetics (D&C) Act. During the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Indian government made it mandatory for any donated blood to be tested for HIV 1&2 antibodies, giving the Blood Safety …
13Oct/15

8000 sign up in bid to find blood donor match to help save the life of brave Alara – Belfast Telegraph

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Belfast Telegraph

8000 sign up in bid to find blood donor match to help save the life of brave Alara
Belfast Telegraph
But only 60% of those in need of a blood stem cell donation find a donor with a perfectly matching tissue-type who can save their life. Following the release of a YouTube appeal, thousands of people from across the UK were touched by Alara’s story and …