Aug 25, 2023 News Article In this week’s biggest stories, masks are seeing a small resurgence; expanding HCV screening for all persons with HIV; Pfizer’s maternal vaccine gets FDA approved; and how a risk-based screening for multidrug-resistant gut microbes could improve accuracy and timeliness of empiric antibiotic treatment Related Videos Related Content Related Content
Five decades of drawing current affairs has given The Economist’s cartoonist KAL plenty of opportunities to grapple with the duplicity and brutality of Russia’s leaders. KAL explains how the snarling Russian bear provides the perfect metaphor for Vladimir Putin.
LIMERICK, PA —The American Red Cross said there is a critical need for bood doners to save lives. To help solve that need, Limerick Township is hosting a community blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31 on the first floor of the township building at 646 W. Ridge Pike. The American Red […]
Rush Week is about to get even more cutthroat in Slotherhouse, the new horror comedy from Gravitas Ventures. Bloody Disgusting has been provided with an exclusive clip giving a closer look at Alpha the Killer Sloth in action as she culls the competition among her sorority sisters. Slotherhouse will slash its way into theaters nationwide on August […]
As with any disease type, it is crucial that patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are able to engage in educated and productive conversations with their care team. Yet, according to Charina Toste, DNP, APRN-C, AOCNP, MSN, BSN, RN, sometimes patients do not know where to begin or which questions they should ask. “[Patients] don’t always […]
Dozens of people recently showed up at Adventist University of Haiti (UNAH) to donate blood for a student who was hospitalized with a serious blood condition. Sanderva Judeline Joseph, age 24, a fourth-year business administration student, had recently been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare and serious blood condition that occurs when the bone marrow […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The Killeen Police and Fire Departments brought in a record number of donors in the fifth annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive on Thursday, according to city officials. “The City of Killeen partnered with Carter BloodCare for the […]
The company’s US head for the cardiovascular portfolio is leading the effort to find new treatments for women living with heart disease, especially those in underserved populations. Elena Livshina came to the cardiac space by falling in love. Not with a person, but through a new discovery. Back in 2016, the US head of the […]
Starting on Aug. 28, 2023, anyone checking into donate blood at all Versiti Blood Center locations and blood drives will get a tablet with a new set of screening questions. “Everybody is being treated the same. The series of questions, regardless of your age, your sex, your gender, your sexual orientation, will be the same […]
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A blood cancer diagnosis can bring dark moments not just for a patient, but everyone who loves them. This fall, you can help illuminate a path through Houston and Montgomery County, and save lives as part of Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night campaign. “It’s a walk that takes place […]