“New variant”, “care home outbreak”, “cases rising”: you’d be forgiven if the headlines around Pirola, or BA.2.86, the latest Covid strain to arrive in the UK, had triggered a severe case of pandemic deja vu. More than two years since the UK’s last lockdown, concerns over BA.2.86 – known to have infected dozens of people […]
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Allegion-LCN, at 1224 N. Main St. in Princeton. The American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage after fewer donors than needed gave blood over the summer, drawing down the national blood supply and reducing […]
Charleston County residents can now check out free blood pressure kits at all 18 branches of the county public library system. The kits can be checked out with a library card. They include a blood pressure cuff, instructions and educational materials about how to properly manage your blood pressure. The initiative is made possible through […]
The current Nipah episode in Kerala seems to be under control and there are few chances of a second wave of the infection, Health Minister Veena George has said. She told the media on Saturday evening that no fresh cases had been reported on the day so far. Eleven more body fluid samples of suspected […]
The Oklahoma Blood Institute gives information on upcoming blood drives around the area and the requirements to donate. More information can be found by visiting www.obi.org. 1 When are the next blood drives in the McAlester area? Blood drives will be held on Sept. 25 at the Choctaw Nation Casino from 11 a.m. to 4 […]
#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 Oklahoma Blood Institute gives information on upcoming blood drives around the area and the requirements to donate. More information can be found by visiting www.obi.org. 1. When are the next blood drives in the McAlester area? Blood drives […]
The next Tehachapi Blood Drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, in cooperation with Houchin Community Blood Bank. The blood drive is also seeking donors for platelets and plasma. Those donations will help burn victims and cancer patients.
By Dr Nicola Davies Thyroid cancer is a rare cancer that encompasses several variations (Table 1).1-3 The incidence is higher in women compared to men.4 Worldwide, the most common age at onset is between 15 and 49 years in females, compared to 50 and 69 years in males.5 However, the reasons behind this disparity are […]
(Image Credit: ©Ayesha – Adobe.Stock.com) Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology announced in a press release that they have developed a first-in-the-world artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model for ophthalmology, called RETFound, that was trained on 1.6 million retinal images from the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.1 In addition to identifying […]
