Is It Fair to Ask the Internet to Pay Your Hospital Bill?
The Atlantic
These crowdfunding pages are a place for family and friends to help out and receive updates on the status of a loved one’s health—but they’re also a place where strangers can log on and make a donation to someone they’ve never met before. Who, out of …

The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors
Pacific Standard
The European model of “presumed consent,” wherein a person’s organs are taken posthumously unless an individual has specifically forbidden their retrieval, is not a potent solution as less than one percent of deceased individuals are medically eligible …

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China Focus: Voluntary organ donation surges
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
“Nearly 1,000 body parts were donated by 381 citizens in the first two months of this year, which is double the number donated during the same period in 2014,” said Huang Jiefu, head of a national human organ donation and transplant committee, at a …
China Sheds Light on Organ Donor ProgramWall Street Journal (blog)
Organ donation petition deferredGlasgow South and Eastwood Extra
Organ transplantsThe Economist
Jakarta Post
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NASCAR driver honors organ donors
Arizona Daily Wildcat
A UA student and her family will be a NASCAR driver’s special guests to honor organ and tissue donors at the Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday. Caitlin Korte will be attending for Nick Korte, her brother, who was a registered organ donor.

Kirkcaldy’s first canine blood donor session a big hit
Fife Today
Jan Dixon, veterinary surgeon for the Scottish blood donor team, said: “We were very excited to operate from a new site and open up the possibility of becoming a blood donor to a whole new population of dogs and their owners. Anyone interested can …

Health app leads to quicker treatment for therapeutic blood donors
Medical Xpress
The app allows GPs to quickly determine if their patients would benefit from giving a therapeutic blood donation or venesection and also rules out those patients who wouldn’t, saving thousands from giving unnecessary donations each year. Professor John …

Hamilton Accies get behind Organ Donation Scotland’s ‘I’d like to be an organ …
Scottish Daily Record
Although many think that joining the NHS Organ Donor Register is enough, sharing organ donation wishes remains fundamental to relatives honouring a loved one’s choice in the event of their death. Since 2010/11, the family authorisation rate for organ …

Speaker Heastie sits down for first interview with public broadcasters
North Country Public Radio
Mar 12, 2015 — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie gave his first broadcast interview to public radio and television. In it, he expressed his frustrations over Governor Cuomo’s decision to link numerous unrelated items to the state budget. … Heastie says …
Heastie shares frustrations in first broadcast interviewWBFO
Heastie Frustrated Over Cuomo’s Budget LinksWAMC
Heastie, Cuomo express frustrations over budget negotiationsWRVO Public Media
WXXI News –New York NOW
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READ IN: Crashing The Party Edition
Washington Post (blog)
Crist has been making calls to Democrats and big donors in the last few weeks, and top advisor Kevin Cate said he’s “seriously consider[ing]” a run. (CNN) Lots of other Democrats are likely to get in, with or without the People’s Governor. Which really …

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