Manitowoc police, sheriff’s office receive ‘REACH BAGs’ for kids suffering trauma | Briefs Herald Times Reporter
Manitowoc Police Department and Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday were to receive “REACH BAGs” from AT&T and REACH-A-Child, according to …
Organ Donor Fighting For Change CBS New YorkAn NYPD employee who donated his kidney to a stranger is now trying to change the system after he says he didn’t receive enough time off to recover.
Community Blood Bank is experiencing critical blood shortage; blood drive today The Courier-Express
CLEARFIELD — The Community Blood Bank, the exclusive blood supplier to Penn Highlands Clearfield hospital, as well as the entire Penn Highlands …
New liver transplant rules begin amid fight over fairness The Public’s Radio
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wilnelia Cruz-Ulloa spent the last months of her life in a New York City hospital, waiting for a donated liver that never came. Doctors had …
Jim Lynskey: Man with mechanical heart pump dies BBC NewsJim Lynskey’s sister Grace says the family are so proud of what he achieved.
New liver transplant rules begin amid fight over fairness The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wilnelia Cruz-Ulloa spent the last months of her life in a New York City hospital, waiting for a donated liver that never came. Doctors had urged the 38-year-old to move to another state that has more organs to go around. But she couldn’t afford to. Where you live makes a difference in how sick you have to be to get a transplant, or if you’ll die waiting. Now the nation’s transplant system is aiming to make the wait for livers, and eventually all organs, less dependent on your ZIP code. New rules mandating wider sharing of donated livers went into effect Tuesday despite a …
Organ Donation 5-13-19 bctv.orgLearn about the life-saving significance of organ donation in multicultural communities with the Berks County Community Health Center.
Red Cross: Critical type O blood shortage; donors needed now WLOSThe American Red Cross says in a press release that there is a critical shortage of Type O blood, and urges eligible donors to give now to help patients facing …
Kidney Exchange Registries Should Collaborate to Save More Lives Yale Insights
By Ainé Doris The demand for kidney transplants from living donors has grown exponentially in the U.S. over the last 20 years. The reasons are positive: Living …
NewsMatch sums up its third year of helping nonprofit newsrooms raise money Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
In the last two months of 2018, more than 240000 people gave money to nonprofit news organizations with help from NewsMatch — and 52000 of them were …