MyFOXPhilly.comDebate Begins Over Cash Incentives for Organ DonationsMyFOXPhilly.comThere are over 120,000 people in the United States waiting for organ donations. 18 die every day, while waiting. Organ donations continue to rise but some think the onl…
American Red Cross in need of blood donations, platelets – WLNS
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American Red Cross in need of blood donations, platelets
WLNS (WLNS) – As you make you plans for the end of summer vacation, the American Red Cross urges you to stop by and make a donation. Officials say that between vacations and back to school planning, blood donations drop at the end of August. They say that … Blood donations lower during summer monthsPoughkeepsie Journal Hundreds of blood donations needed in MackayMackay Daily Mercury Donate blood at the annual Salina Battle of the BadgesSalina Journal Mansfield News Journal –Southernminn.com all 9 news articles » |
Bradenton blood donor reaches 100-gallon mark – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Bradenton HeraldBradenton blood donor reaches 100-gallon markSarasota Herald-TribuneOf the millions of people who have given blood in Florida since World War II, when blood banks began collecting donations, fewer than 100 have reached that mark, center…
Whitney Ball, RIP – Power Line (blog)
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Whitney Ball, RIP
Power Line (blog) Then late in the 1990s, Whitney had a new vision: the left used a lot of “community foundations” to steer money to left-wing causes, often from donors who didn’t really know any better but wanted for various reasons, often tax related, to set aside … |
MEDIC opens blood donation center in Crossville – Crossville Chronicle
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MEDIC opens blood donation center in Crossville
Crossville Chronicle The newly remodeled facility is more than 5000 square feet and will have four donor beds. In addition to whole blood, donors will also have the chance to make other types of donations including double red, plasma-only and — in 2016 — platelets. |
18 students selected as Wells Scholars at Indiana University – IU Bloomington Newsroom
IU Bloomington Newsroom18 students selected as Wells Scholars at Indiana UniversityIU Bloomington NewsroomIncoming freshman Wells Scholars receive full tuition and course-related fees, as well as a living stipend, for four years of undergraduate study …
St. Louisan has Obama’s ear in post-presidency planning – St. Louis Business Journal
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St. Louisan has Obama’s ear in post-presidency planning
St. Louis Business Journal That figure, twice what George W. Bush raised for his library and related programs, would cover a “digital-first” presidential library, an aide told the newspaper. … Foundation officials said the real push for donations will happen after Obama leaves … |
Cancer patient Brad Ezra faces a long and emotionally draining wait for a liver – Toronto Star
Toronto StarCancer patient Brad Ezra faces a long and emotionally draining wait for a liverToronto StarSome of the eight tumours were big enough to disqualify him from the list for a deceased donor organ. A punishing round of chemotherapy began to shri…
Record year for organ donations from Huddersfield and Calderdale hospitals – Huddersfield Examiner
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Record year for organ donations from Huddersfield and Calderdale hospitals
Huddersfield Examiner Sally Johnson, NHS Blood and Transplant’s director of organ donation and transplantation, said: “We are truly grateful to the deceased donors who enabled 353 people in West Yorkshire to receive an organ transplant last year. “Their donations have saved … |
Ebola’s Lessons – Foreign Affairs
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Ebola’s Lessons
Foreign Affairs … communities around them, intravenous drug users were denied sterile syringes, female prostitutes were imprisoned or denied access to health care, and many medical and dental providers refused to allow HIV-positive individuals access to care … |