Monthly Archives: September 2023

Opinion: Blood cancers are the fifth most common type of cancer. Now I ask, ‘Why me?’

Halpern was an assistant U.S. attorney for more than 30 years. He retired in 2020. He is a member of The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Community Voices Project. Last year, he moved from Mission Hills to Boston for treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Occasionally, life throws you a curve. I certainly felt that way when […]

Love Like Noah: Blood drive held in honor of Gloucester boy who battled leukemia

Noah Thoey was only 13 years old when he passed away earlier this year. His family said he was a fun-loving, adventurous boy who loved Mario and video games. YORKTOWN, Va. — “Love like Noah.” That’s the message one Gloucester family wants to spread through their foundation, honoring the life of their son who recently […]

Officials: Person dies after swimming in lake, contracting amebic infection

AUSTIN, Texas — Public health officials say a person in Travis County, Texas got sick and has died after they developed an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection. >> Read more trending news Austin Public Health reported that a person got sick after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in August. “Although these infections […]

Human blood set to ‘soak’ Vatican in protest inspired by Sinead O’Connor

Human blood is set to “soak” the Vatican in a protest inspired by the late singer Sinead O’Connor. Dissident Russian artist Andrei Molodkin has created a sculpture he plans to fill with blood donated by victims of abuse in the Catholic Church, which he says he will project on to the gates of the historic city – […]

In Idalia’s aftermath, blood bank issues call for donations

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Blood Connection says it has a critical need for all blood types – particularly O negative and O positive – due to the impacts of Hurricane Idalia. The blood bank with a location in Augusta lost hundreds units of blood due to numerous mobile drive cancellations, plus having to temporarily […]

CDC warns doctors to be on alert for cases of flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus

CNN  —  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. During July and August, as the US saw widespread heatwaves and above-average coastal sea surface temperatures, Connecticut, New York and North Carolina reported […]