Monthly Archives: September 2023

Magen David Adam requested special blood donations due to a severe shortage of all blood types and damage to the supply to the hospitals, following a violent protest outside the Eritrean embassy in Tel Aviv on Saturday. MDA’s blood services warned that there could be significant difficulty in raising the amount of blood required to […]

A recent study discovered significant levels of metals in the blood and urine of marijuana users, indicating marijuana as a possible unrecognized source of lead and cadmium exposure. This research, among the first to link self-reported marijuana use with internal metal exposure, raises concerns about public health, especially as marijuana consumption rises and federal regulations […]

SHREVEPORT, La. – Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Despite the constant demand, there’s often a shortage of available units. The U.S. requires 29,000 units of blood every single day. The average donor can only provide 18 units of blood per year. Blood donations are crucial in emergencies like car accidents and […]

Sky watchers around the world were treated this month to two full moons, a supermoon and a blue moon. The American space agency NASA explains a supermoon happens when the moon’s orbit brings it closer than usual to Earth at the same time that the moon appears full from Earth. The first supermoon of 2023 […]

 As Hurricane Idalia moves across Florida’s Big Bend, Blood Assurance is preparing to assist. The blood bank is maximizing its collection efforts, and asking the public to donate whole blood and platelets in case any of its community blood centers in the storm’s path are in need.