18 minutes ago DELMARVA – The Blood Bank of Delmarva has announced a blood emergency across the region. We’re told the emergency is the result of low donor turnout this summer, as well as the increased need for blood as a result of summer activities. The region’s blood supply is reportedly well below the ideal […]
Schools and offices have been shut and more than 800 people tracked down as India races to contain an outbreak of Nipah, a virus with “serious epidemic potential” and a fatality rate as high as 75 per cent. Authorities in the southern state of Kerala are attempting to curb the pathogen’s spread after two people […]
The parents of a 14-year-old boy in Tennessee recently had to make the difficult decision to amputate their son’s hands and legs after he contracted a rare and deadly bacterial infection. Mathias Uribe, a cross-country runner and piano player, was twice taken to a local doctor by his parents in mid-June for “flu-like symptoms,” according […]
The American Red Cross declared a national blood shortage this week. The summer saw low donor turnout and natural disasters like Hurricane Idalia are leading to canceled blood drives, making the situation more dire. The Minnesota and Dakotas Region is “particularly generous” and contributes 40 percent of the nation’s blood supply, according to Carrie Carlson-Guest, […]
In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers investigated whether spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs) among blood donors after blood donation were linked to the development of spontaneous ICH among transfusion recipients. Study: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Among Blood Donors and Their Transfusion Recipients. Image Credit: c12/Shutterstock.com Background According to recent research, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), one of […]
Photos via the Northcoast Marine Mammal Center. ### The Northcoast Marine Mammal Center is reporting an influx of ailing California sea lions who are coming ashore with their bodies depleted by a potentially fatal disease called leptospirosis. “Lepto is a bacterial infection that attacks the kidneys and can be fatal to these guys,” the nonprofit […]
As socioeconomic status within education, income, employment states, and health insurance improves, researchers from the American Heart Association found in a recent study that these improvements benefit non-Hispanic white individuals more than Black Hispanic and Asian individuals in the US.1 Image credit: Fizkes | stock.adobe.com “The goal of economic interventions and societal policies, such as […]
Rashes caused by Chickenpox infection. (CDC/ K.L. Herrmann/PHIL) India is currently witnessing multiple health crises unfold all at once: on one hand, there are fears of the Nipah virus’ resurgence in Kerala, on the other daily COVID-19 cases are almost touching a hundred after months. Further, there has also been a nationwide surge in mosquito-borne […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Charleston County Public Library system has announced that blood pressure kits are now available to check out at all 18 branches. The free blood pressure monitoring kits include a blood pressure cuff, instructions, and educational materials. You can now visit any of Charleston County’s public libraries to check out a […]
DULUTH — On Friday, Dec. 27, 1974, two men from Hibbing met for the first time. Drummer Bill Berg carried his kit in from the bitter cold to set up at Sound 80 in Minneapolis, where he was booked for a recording session with Bob Dylan. Did Dylan and Berg chat about their shared Iron […]