30Sep/15

Hoffman, advocates welcome live-saving law improving tissue and organ donation – RiverBender.com


RiverBender.com

Hoffman, advocates welcome live-saving law improving tissue and organ donation
RiverBender.com
EDWARDSVILLE – A new law backed by state Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, facilitating local organ donation is receiving acclaim from local advocates. Hoffman and state Sen. William Haine, D-Alton, joined representatives from Mid-America Transplant …

30Sep/15

Bernie Sanders Campaign Announces It’s Collected 1 Million Total Donations – Mic


Mic

Bernie Sanders Campaign Announces It’s Collected 1 Million Total Donations
Mic
Hours ahead of Thursday’s quarterly fundraising deadline, the Vermont independent’s campaign revealed on Wednesday it had surpassed 1 million donations since Sanders entered the race five months ago. The campaign first made the announcement on Reddit

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30Sep/15

Organs still needed despite willingness to donate – Arizona Sonoro News


Arizona Sonoro News

Organs still needed despite willingness to donate
Arizona Sonoro News
“It’s our only silver lining,” Korte said, “If he hadn’t made the decision [to become an organ donor] and we hadn’t followed through with it, he just would’ve died. That would’ve been the end of it.” Tanner Clinch is a reporter for Arizona Sonora News

30Sep/15

Back to front inside Sue given life with new heart – Lancashire Evening Post


Lancashire Evening Post

Back to front inside Sue given life with new heart
Lancashire Evening Post
The UK also has one of the lowest rates in Europe for families consenting to organ donation and in 2014/15 only 58 per cent agreed to donate their family members’ organs after they died. NHS Blood and Transplant wants to get the whole nation talking

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30Sep/15

Water donations start to pour in for Flint schools after lead advisory – MLive.com


MLive.com

Water donations start to pour in for Flint schools after lead advisory
MLive.com
FLINT, MI – Donations have started to pour in — some from across the state — after the Flint School District requested bottled water for students because of a local lead advisory. The city and county have issued lead advisories related to the city’s

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