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100 years ago: Woodland’s Community Xmas
Woodland Record The donors are extended thanks. They heeded the instructions given by the committee, went out in the biting winds and cold rains and through muddy streets to give their offerings or else put themselves to the trouble of telephoning and arranging for … |
One family’s Christmas miracle: Baby Easton is beating the odds – Syracuse.com
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One family’s Christmas miracle: Baby Easton is beating the odds
Syracuse.com An Indiegogo fundraiser set up by a relative raised $183,000 from 4,000 donors in a month. The goal was just $5,000. His family’s … Dracker said he determined that Easton has an immune deficiency unrelated to his EB. He’s had monthly infusions for … |
Organ recipients to join float in Rose Parade – Glendale News Press
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Organ recipients to join float in Rose Parade
Glendale News Press Alex Parajon’s mother had just died, and amid the grief, he had to quickly make an important decision: whether to have her organs donated. After phone calls to relatives in Nicaragua to get their blessing, he chose to move forward with the donation … |
FDA discusses easing blood donation ban on gay men – KITV Honolulu
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FDA discusses easing blood donation ban on gay men
KITV Honolulu The lifetime ban dates back to the early years of the AIDS crisis and was intended to protect the blood supply, but as tests for HIV in donated blood have become standard, calls for the FDA to lift the ban increased. “When we look at what’s been … |
Blood Donation Ban Is Only The First Barrier To Medical Equality For Gay Men – Huffington Post
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Blood Donation Ban Is Only The First Barrier To Medical Equality For Gay Men
Huffington Post This leaves individual risk assessment up to the receiving patient and his or her doctors or to the groups with the organ donation network — which has led to a tragic waste of potential organ donations. For instance, last year the eyes of a gay teen … New Blood Donation Rules Would Still Exclude Many Gay MenNPR (blog) Dem senator: End blood donation rules based on ‘outdated fears’The Hill (blog) Gay advocates in North Jersey react to revised blood-donation ruleNorthJersey.com Albert Lea Tribune all 86 news articles » |
NEW NATIONAL HEALTH ACT: CONTROVERSY OVER ORGAN DONATION – Daily Sun
Daily SunNEW NATIONAL HEALTH ACT: CONTROVERSY OVER ORGAN DONATIONDaily SunWhen present Goodluck Jonathan signed the National Health Bill into law early this month, for the birth of the National Health Act (NHA) 2014, many Nigerians applauded. For those…
Bill would make everyone an organ donor – WND.com
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Bill would make everyone an organ donor
WND.com He noted a government report already has recommended that the way to increase organ donor registry participation could happen “at a relatively modest cost through a more extensive publicity and engagement program, perhaps akin to that of blood donation … |
TIPS: How to make smarter charity donations – WTSP 10 News
TIPS: How to make smarter charity donationsWTSP 10 NewsMany charities that carry out program services such as health care research, education, veterans assistance are also engaged in advocacy activities related to their mission. Accountability is More …
The Bias in the FDA’s New Blood Donation Rules – GovExec.com
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The Bias in the FDA’s New Blood Donation Rules
GovExec.com Last month, an advisory panel in the Department of Health and Human Servicesvoted to recommend the lifting of a ban on blood donation by gay and bisexual that dates all the way back to the early 1980s. The decision paved the way for FDA to end the ban, … |
US moves to end ban on blood donations by gay men – CNBC
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US moves to end ban on blood donations by gay men
CNBC WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are recommending an end to the nation’s lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, a 31-year-old policy that many medical groups and gay activists say is no longer justified. The Food and Drug … |