22Jul/16

Florida officials and Tampa Bay blood banks stepping up fight against Zika – WFLA


WFLA

Florida officials and Tampa Bay blood banks stepping up fight against Zika
WFLA
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Florida health officials are looking into a possible second case of non-travel-related Zika. The investigation is ongoing but neither of the infected patients appears to have traveled to a Zika-affected country. This has …

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22Jul/16

Canadian Blood Services Reduces Restrictions for Blood Donation – Marketwired (press release)


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Canadian Blood Services Reduces Restrictions for Blood Donation
Marketwired (press release)
OTTAWA, ON–(Marketwired – July 22, 2016) – Thousands more people may now be eligible to donate blood thanks to recent changes to a number of Canadian Blood Services’ deferral policies and donor restrictions. The changes are an important step being …
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22Jul/16

UN deputy aid chief urges support for millions in southern Africa hit by El Niño-induced droughts – UN News Centre


UN News Centre

UN deputy aid chief urges support for millions in southern Africa hit by El Niño-induced droughts
UN News Centre
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), El Niño-related conditions have compounded existing vulnerabilities, resulting in severe food shortages across southern Africa. Agricultural production has been crippled

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