USA TODAYFDA favors ending blanket ban on gay blood donorsUSA TODAYThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended dropping its blanket ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual donors in favor of a less restrictive policy. The proposed…
Chicago Defender |
Let Gay Men Donate Blood
Chicago Defender I don’t remember the first time I donated blood in great detail because the process was much ado about nothing. I sat down to see a nurse, a needle, a band-aid. A thank you for my donation followed and I went about my day. It would take a very long … Resolve to give blood in January for National Blood Donor MonthMonroe Courier January is National Blood Donor MonthThe Peninsula News Red Cross encourages gift of life donationWMBF Pleasanton Weekly –North Country Now all 26 news articles » |
Roanoke Times |
Holiday blood drives
TriCities.com Blood donations are especially important during the holiday season, since many regular donors go out of town, area blood drive organizers said. However, the need for blood doesn’t go down this time of year, and in fact, can increase due to traffic … News Briefs for December 23, 2014Central Kentucky News |
Fresno Bee |
Central California Blood Center donating bloodmobile to Nigeria
Fresno Bee The Central California Blood Center’s 23-year-old blood mobile — named Ol’ Betsy by its first driver and officially called Bus One for her status as the first in the center’s fleet of seven — has been retired from service with 130,000 pints of … |
KTALLocal blood donation centers seeing shortagesKTALThe LifeShare Blood Centers have an immediate need for O-negative and B-negative blood. This need, in fact, is approaching a critical situation. The donation centers see fewer people donate during th…
Brampton Guardian |
Need for blood donations ‘constant’ says Canadian…
Brampton Guardian The Canadian Blood Services are asking Mississaugans to Go Red in 2015 and donate blood over the holidays as well as into the new year. The CBS blood donor clinic at 785 Brittania Road welcomed 54 donors as of 11 am Saturday December 20. ‘Tis the season to give: blood donor clinic in Kipling Dec. 29The Observer |
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Give the best present of the holiday season: A blood donation
Waynesville Daily Guide James Burke, Fort Leonard Wood Blood Donor Center officer-in-charge. “The service members in training here are our primary donor pool. Since they leave during holiday block leave, our largest source of blood donations all but vanishes come Dec. 20, but … |
WGEM |
Blood drives offer Kalamazoo-area residents opportunity to give back this …
MLive.com And with need for blood as pressing as ever, Jane Emanuel, Donor Recruitment Representative for the Red Cross, said people should make time and discover a deeper meaning for giving this holiday season. “Whether your donation goes to a premature … The Red SeasonDubbo Photo News | Dubbo Weekender |
Times of San Diego |
Positively Desperate for O-Negative Blood Donors
Times of San Diego The San Diego Blood Bank put out a call Friday for people to donate type O-negative blood, which is critically short in the region because of recent trauma cases. “This is a very risky situation since O-negative is the universal donor, the only type … San Diego Blood Bank asking for type O-negative blood donorsKUSI Blood Bank needs donorsfox5sandiego.com San Diego Blood Bank in need of O-negative donorsSeaside Courier |
kfor.comBlood donors get Rumble T-shirts and chance for game ticketskfor.comFor patients just like Gage who still need blood and many others in hospitals now, the OKC Thunder has stepped up to host a holiday blood drive. The Oklahoma Blood Institute sa…