CBS News Live CBS News Baltimore Live BALTIMORE — Red Cross said it needs help to avert a blood shortage, so it’s offering a big incentive to potential blood donors. The organization is offering those who donate blood from August 1-12 will have the chance to win a three-night getaway to New York City complete […]
21 seconds ago Featured, Local News, News 1 Views Throughout the year, but especially during the summer, hospitals supply of blood tends to run low. Right now the Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center says that there is a critical need for blood donations throughout the U-P. The regional blood center helps supply blood for transfusions […]
“My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody’s.” So declares Mary to Anne in “Persuasion,” Jane Austen’s 1817 book. Most of us can relate to this feeling. There is no such thing as “just a sore throat.” The pain, headache, fever and aches associated with a sore throat can make you feel terrible. […]
Salk Institute LA JOLLA (July 24, 2023)—Although infections can present with many different symptoms, one common symptom is the loss of fat and muscle, a process called wasting. Salk scientists wanted to know whether wasting was beneficial in fighting infections. Researchers in Professor Janelle Ayres’ lab discovered the wasting response to T. brucei infection in […]
Three people have died from a severe bacterial infection leaving health officials scrambling to find the source. A further two were left badly ill following the listeria outbreak, a health investigation found. All patients were aged over 60 and all of them had a compromised immune system before contracting the bacteria in Washington state, the […]
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Close up petri dish with microbe colony (AdobeStock 258706925 by luchschenF) Mold growth is a significant concern in health care facilities because of its potential to cause various health issues and structural damage. Health care facilities are especially susceptible to mold growth because of their unique environmental conditions, including high humidity levels and the presence […]
Cases of conjunctivitis and other eye infection are on the rise in Delhi, with many doctors cautioning that it is “highly contagious” and proper hygiene behaviour needs to be maintained to check its spread. Doctors at both government and private hospitals said they have been receiving cases largely from the younger population in the city. […]
by Tiffany Watson, WBFF Digital Team Mon, July 24th 2023, 6:25 PM UTC FILE – A person donates blood to the American Red Cross during a blood drive in Pottsville, Pa. on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships will be able to donate blood in the U.S. for the first […]
A team of scientists led by Sanford Burnham Prebys and the Osaka International Cancer Institute has recently found that mannose – a type of sugar known to be lethal to honeybees – inhibits the growth of cancer cells in humans and could thus potentially be used as a secondary treatment against cancer. “This sugar could give […]