12Jun/16

Orlando needs blood donations, but the FDA still bans many gay, bi, and trans people from giving – Vox


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Orlando needs blood donations, but the FDA still bans many gay, bi, and trans people from giving
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Sunday morning’s tragic shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is the worst known mass shooting in US history, leaving at least 50 dead and 53 more people injured. OneBlood, a blood donation organization in Florida, reported an urgent
Blood donation lines grow in Orlando after shootingWABC-TV
Blood banks at capacity, donors urged to return in coming daysOrlando Sentinel
Blood donations needed after Orlando shootingWJXT Jacksonville
New York Daily News –New York Times
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12Jun/16

UnitedHealthcare will cover kidney donor travel and lodging costs – CNBC


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UnitedHealthcare will cover kidney donor travel and lodging costs
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The insurer also pointed out that recipients of living-donor kidneys tend to have their kidneys function well for 15 to 20 years, compared to just seven to 10 years from a deceased donor. And about 90 percent of people who get a live-donor kidney live
Here’s why UnitedHealthcare decided to cover travel for kidney donorsMedCity News
Donate Life America Working to Increase Donor Registration, Educate about Living Donation and Help End Waiting EconoTimes
Prior Living Kidney Donors With ESRD May Not Get Timely TransplantsRenal and Urology News
Minneapolis Star Tribune –EMSWorld (press release) (blog)
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09Jun/16

Video: Increasing organ donation rates – SunLive


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Video: Increasing organ donation rates
SunLive
Consultations led by the Ministry of Health on ways to increase New Zealand’s deceased organ donation rate are now underway. Donated organs can come from both deceased and live donors (in the case of kidneys and livers), while one deceased donor …
Bishop welcomes organ donation reviewScoop.co.nz (press release)
Organ donation attitude citedOtago Daily Times
Advice to boost Maori organ donation soughtwaateanews.com

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07Jun/16

Kidney sale racket: Delhi cops arrest three donors – Firstpost


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Kidney sale racket: Delhi cops arrest three donors
Firstpost
“India has a demand of more than 500,000 organs every year. But we get around 3,000 cadaver organ donations,” said Sunayana Singh, the chief executive of the Organ Receiving and Giving Awareness Network (ORGAN). “Patients who don’t get organs …
India’s organ shortages spur illegal transplantsNikkei Asian Review
Apollo transplant scandal: Explaining the kidney market rulesThe Indian Express

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