15May/18

Australian man with ‘golden arm’ makes final blood donation at 81 … – The Straits Times

Blood donation

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14May/18

Blood donations typically drop in summer months, but the need is still there – WGIL Radio News

Blood donation

WGIL Radio News

Blood donations typically drop in summer months, but the need is still there
WGIL Radio News
With the weather getting nicer and schools preparing for summer break this is the time of year when blood donations hit a lull. Kirby Winn, Director of Public Relations with Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center says the need for donors doesn’t dip …
13May/18

This Unique Man’s 60 Years of Blood Donations Saved 2.4 Million Babies – ScienceAlert

Blood donation

This Unique Man’s 60 Years of Blood Donations Saved 2.4 Million Babies
ScienceAlert
“He said that I had 13 units of blood and my life had been saved by unknown people,” Harrison told CNN’s Sanjay Gupta decades later. At the time, Australia’s laws required blood donors to be at least 18 years old. It would be four years before Harrison …
13May/18

For Six Decades, ‘The Man With The Golden Arm’ Donated Blood – And Saved 2.4 Million Babies – NDTV

Blood donation

NDTV

For Six Decades, ‘The Man With The Golden Arm’ Donated Blood – And Saved 2.4 Million Babies
NDTV
Before long, researchers had developed an injection called Anti-D using plasma from Harrison’s donated blood. The first dose was given to a pregnant woman at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1967, according to Robyn Barlow, the Rh program coordinator …
For six decades, ‘the man with the golden arm’ donated blood — and …Washington Post
Australian blood donor retires after saving 2.4 million babiesSky News
An 81-year-old man has ‘retired’ after 1173 blood donations that saved 2.4 million babies — here’s why his blood is …INSIDER
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