New Zimbabwe.comDrought Relief: Donors say no funds yetNew Zimbabwe.comAlthough this had helped boost growing conditions in areas where crop conditions are fair, the majority of the drought-related crop damage is irreversible at this point in the seaso…
Allentown official Francis Dougherty resigns – Allentown Morning Call
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Allentown official Francis Dougherty resigns
Allentown Morning Call Dougherty’s resignation comes in the midst of an FBI investigation into Allentown’s contracting processes and connections to campaign donations to public officials. A subpoena served on City Hall specifically requested documents in the possession of … |
Bernie Sanders’ Team Just Accused Hillary Clinton of Violating Campaign Finance Rules – VICE News
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Bernie Sanders’ Team Just Accused Hillary Clinton of Violating Campaign Finance Rules
VICE News In a letter to embattled DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sanders campaign attorney Brad Deutsch questioned whether the Clinton campaign had “violated legal limits on donations” through activities associated with the Hillary Victory Fund. The … |
Nevada Blood Donation Day coming up this weekend – News3LV
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Nevada Blood Donation Day coming up this weekend
News3LV LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — Last year, Governor Sandoval declared the last Saturday of April as Nevada Blood Donation Day and this year it falls on April 23. Regional donor recruitment manager Jeannie McCoy stopped by to fill viewers in on the urgent … |
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week 2016 – Marketwired (press release)
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National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week 2016
Marketwired (press release) One organ donor can save up to eight lives, and one tissue donor can enhance the lives of 75 people. The sad reality is that on average, 250 Canadians die each year waiting. “One-third of all Canadians who need a transplant will never receive one … #48in48: How one family’s difficult organ donation decision saved seven people’s livesGlobalnews.ca Editorial: Organ donation can make big differenceThe Recorder |
Bill de Blasio Ducks Questions About Ongoing Scandals – Observer
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Bill de Blasio Ducks Questions About Ongoing Scandals
Observer Speaking to the press after an unrelated event in Manhattan, the mayor refused say whether the Department of Justice made any requests for information after a lawyer Mr. de Blasio’s 2013 campaign retained last week reached out to investigators to offer … De Blasio declines to say whether he has been contacted by fedsCapital New York |
Checkup: An Oregon Surrogate’s Story – OPB News
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Checkup: An Oregon Surrogate’s Story
OPB News The egg donors (lots of college students sell their eggs) are paid between $5,000 and $10,000 for their donation. Once the couple has … Each man’s sperm was used to fertilize one egg, so they each get a child that’s genetically related. Palan says … |
Pancreas cell transplants are effective for severe diabetes – STAT
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Pancreas cell transplants are effective for severe diabetes
STAT The questions: How best to obtain those islet cells from deceased donors, and who benefits most from transplants? When glucose levels drop too low, most people with type 1 diabetes experience early warning signs — slurred speech, tremors, sweating, … A small step forward for extremely hard-to-control diabetes6abc.com Islet transplantation restores blood sugar awareness and control in type 1 diabetesNational Institutes of Health (press release) |
Red Cross blood donation opportunities May 1-15 – Quad-Cities Online
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Red Cross blood donation opportunities May 1-15
Quad-Cities Online (April 18, 2016) — The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to make an appointment to give blood and help save lives in honor of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Each year, the local and global impact of the Red Cross mission is … Red Cross lists local blood drivesPlattsburgh Press Republican Red Cross requests donations in MayMyWebTimes.com |
A Sperm Donor Hid His Schizophrenia From the Cryobank—and It’s Far From the First Time – Slate Magazine (blog)
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A Sperm Donor Hid His Schizophrenia From the Cryobank—and It’s Far From the First Time
Slate Magazine (blog) Three families have filed lawsuits at the superior court in Ontario, Canada, against the major American sperm bank Xytex Corporation. All have children fathered by the same sperm donor, Donor 9623—a man who was advertised as “healthy and working … Americas|Sperm Donor’s Profile Hid Mental Illness and Crime, Lawsuits SayNew York Times Three Ontario families suing sperm bank over ‘schizophrenic’ donor allegedly jailed for burglaryNational Post |