Apple will push for organ donor registration in iOS 10
The Verge
Apple’s next software update for the the iPhone will make it easier for users to register as organ donors. According to a report from the Associated Press, the company is adding an “easy sign-up button” for the organ donation registry to its Health app …
Apple promotes organ donation with iOS 10, sign up as a donor from the Health app [Update]9 to 5 Mac
Apple pushes organ donor registration for US iPhone usersThe Guardian
Apple & Donate Life America bring national organ donor registration to iPhoneApple Newsroom (press release)
ABC News –Engadget
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Lucas Museum Fight Brought in New Donors, More Money, Friends of Parks Says
DNAinfo
We certainly have some corporate donors, but we haven’t had anybody yet who we already knew was on board say they’re not on board because of this Lucas debacle. Who is the typical Friends of the Parks donor? It’s really all over the map. I got a check …

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Three polling-related observations
Chron.com (blog)
“The quickest way to activate disenfranchised GOP donors who won’t give to Trump would be an aggressive effort by Democrats to win the state,” said Brian Haley, a Texan who was a top fundraiser in two previous GOP presidential campaigns. Abbott is one …

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Ottawa councillors unrattled by ban on corporate campaign contributions
CBC.ca
In another instance, three nominally separate Cavanagh companies each gave $750 — the maximum allowable donation — to Innes Coun. Jody Mitic. If those companies are related, as defined by the Income Tax Act, then Cavanagh broke the rules. But it’s …

Is This the Year of the Latino Voter?
The American Prospect
Naturalizations tend to spike during election years in any case, and often go up for unrelated reasons such as looming green-card fee hikes. But organizers running naturalization … “If Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket,” Arizona Senator John …

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Apple Urges Organ Donation Via New iPhone Software
ABC News
Several apps related to organ donation are available for competing Android phones, but Fleming suggested the iPhone app may be more effective because “you don’t have to download something or do something additional to get access to it.” After Jobs …
Apple will promote enrollment in national organ donor registry via iOS 10 Health appAppleInsider (press release) (blog)

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New Organ Donation System Divides Montenegro
Balkan Insight
Responding to complaints of human rights violations, the government last Friday said that presumed consent means that, before taking the organs of the deceased person, a clinical coordinator will be required to check for the existence of any “rejection …

Ubial: Blood donation must be an everyday thing
Rappler
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial encouraged Filipinos to make blood donation an “everyday thing” as the Philippines kicked off its National Blood Donor’s Month in Jaro, Iloilo City, on Tuesday July 5. “Blood is a very important …

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Organ donation request now must for doctors
ETHealthWorld.com
The law was passed two years ago but it was only last week that IMA issued a circular, instructing its 2.5 lakh member-doctors to ensure that families of those dying in a hospital or at home are given the option to donate organs -the corneas, at least …
Corporate organ donorsCastanet.net
African-Americans the largest group of minorities in need of organ transplantsBirmingham Times
Local couples attend Transplant GamesGladwin County Record & Beaverton Clarion (registration)
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Organ donation request now must for doctors
Times of India
In what could be a turning point for cadaver organ transplant, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has asked doctors to mandatorily request every brain-dead patient’s kin to donate organs. And the next step could be putting in place a system where …
India needs a uniform law on organ donationHindustan Times
Transplant recipients strip off for new organ donation campaignScottish Daily Record
VIDEO: Organ donation message laid bare as campaigners strip for new TV advertGlasgow Evening Times
Herald Scotland –Scotsman
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