28Jul/16

Blood Donations Needed For Merchants’ Weekend Holiday – Reykjavík Grapevine


Reykjavík Grapevine

Blood Donations Needed For Merchants’ Weekend Holiday
Reykjavík Grapevine
As Blood Donation in Iceland outlines, all you need is to “1) have an Icelandic identification number (kennitala), 2) plan to live in Iceland for at least one year, 3) be in general good health and 4) be 18-60 years old. If you come from Australia, USA

28Jul/16

Democrats in Philly: money corrupts politicians, unless we’re the ones taking it – Vox


Vox

Democrats in Philly: money corrupts politicians, unless we’re the ones taking it
Vox
In 2012, President Barack Obama banned lobbyists from giving to DNC or paying for convention-related expenses. But this February, the DNC eliminated those rules — opening the floodgates for corporate … of course, but Democrats may not be so sure his

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28Jul/16

FDA to re-evaluate controversial ban on gay men donating blood – CNN


CNN

FDA to re-evaluate controversial ban on gay men donating blood
CNN
Such recommendations for blood donation practices (PDF) date to 1985, when FDA policies were first established to reduce the risk of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being transmitted by a blood donor. The FDA’s recommendations previously …
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28Jul/16

Teen Given New Lease on Life With First Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant at the Children’s Hospital … – GroundReport


GroundReport

Teen Given New Lease on Life With First Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant at the Children’s Hospital …
GroundReport
“Because a Haploidentical donor is a donor in which HLA match is at 50% level, the chances of finding a HiD are far greater than HLA fully-matched family or unrelated donors. Therefore, practically almost everybody would have a haplo-identical donor

28Jul/16

Caleb Skene won’t let debilitating cystic fibrosis slow him down – Stuff.co.nz


Stuff.co.nz

Caleb Skene won’t let debilitating cystic fibrosis slow him down
Stuff.co.nz
Skene said he wanted to raise awareness for the condition and hoped people would donate to Cystic Fibrosis New Zealand’s Givealittle page in the run up to cystic fibrosis awareness week on August 15. “I want people to know you can have this condition