19Nov/14

Brooklyn Girl in Organ Donation Dispute Is Taken Off Life Support – New York Times


New York Times

Brooklyn Girl in Organ Donation Dispute Is Taken Off Life Support
New York Times
But New York organ-donation guidelines require family agreement in cases where the potential donor is not a registered organ donor. If there is not family agreement, a donation does not take place, said Julia E. Rivera, a spokeswoman for the New York …
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19Nov/14

Donors can be champions at November, December blood drives – Sidney Daily News (subscription)

Donors can be champions at November, December blood drives
Sidney Daily News (subscription)
SIDNEY — As college football coaches like to say, “November is when championships are made!” Community Blood Center (CBC) is encouraging donors to be a champion for helping save lives with the “Buckeye Blood Donor” T-shirt. It’s free to everyone who …

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19Nov/14

Lujn meets the donors It’s all in the family BIPAC celebrates election results … – Politico

Lujn meets the donors It’s all in the family BIPAC celebrates election results
Politico
The watchdog group — which Republicans regularly accuse of being a liberal group in disguise — recommends barring PACs from hiring senators’ family members; requiring lobbyists to reveal if they’re related to a member of Congress; and barring the …

19Nov/14

Don’t bank on bankrupting ISIS, but here’s how we shrink its wallet – The Hill (blog)

Don’t bank on bankrupting ISIS, but here’s how we shrink its wallet
The Hill (blog)
So, since ISIS currently does not rely heavily on external donors, there have only been a total of four ISIS-related Treasury designations to date (only two of which targeted financiers). Moving forward, expect to see Treasury instead leverage

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19Nov/14

DONATION: Plea for people to donate blood and sign organ donor register this … – Burton Mail


Burton Mail

DONATION: Plea for people to donate blood and sign organ donor register this
Burton Mail
NHS Blood and Transplant urged people across both areas to sign up to donate blood and to join the organ donor register this festive season. A spokesman for NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “Don’t miss the opportunity to discuss organ donation when …

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19Nov/14

Join the Community Conversation about organ donation – Prince George Citizen


Prince George Citizen

Join the Community Conversation about organ donation
Prince George Citizen
There are 51 per cent of people in the province who think they are registered donors because you used to do it on your driver’s license, but that’s no longer in effect because since 1997 you’ve had to be on the organ donor registry, so people who did