Humboldt County’s local blood bank implemented changes and is ready to expand accepting donations from gay men. In May, the Food and Drug Administration announced changes to blood donation rules that allow more gay and bisexual men and transgender women to donate blood. The local blood bank will now ask the same set of questions […]
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The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in the Cal State Fullerton Quad Oct. 17-18 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment, visit the Red Cross website and enter sponsor code: CSUF. Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting redcrossblood.org/rapidpass to complete your pre-donation reading and health […]
The American Red Cross put out an urgent request for additional donations last month. YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Blood supplies in the United States are still at low levels, despite a nationwide call for donations. The American Red Cross provides life-sustaining blood to about 2,700 hospitals across the country. However, American Red Cross Account Manager […]
And now, for some horrifying news. Just in time for spooky season, scientists in South America have discovered a new species of wasp that stings, sucks blood and otherwise feasts on their prey from the inside out — by depositing larvae underneath the victim’s skin. Researchers came across these vampiric vespids while hard at work in […]
Introduction of an algorithm to help determine the necessity of a blood culture in immunocompetent patients seen in an emergency department helped significantly reduce the amount of unnecessary blood culture events, yielding improved clinical and health care resource outcomes. The findings were presented in an oral session by Jessica Seidelman, MD, MPH, of Duke University […]
A world-first clinical trial published in JAMA could provide an easy way to save tens of thousands of units of blood every year in Canada and much more worldwide. The trial, which involved more than 27,000 patients in 25 adult intensive care units (ICUs) across Canada, showed that taking less blood for lab tests using […]
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With the region experiencing a recent blood shortage, the Delmarva Blood Bank is turning to the LGBTQ+ community for assistance. On Sept. 14, the blood bank reported an emergency blood shortage after experiencing a low donor turnout over the summer. “Mobile operations were successful during the summer, but the actual donor centers were half-full,” Blood […]
By ANI FREEDMAN, InDepthNH.org PFAS blood testing could be a way for people exposed to these chemicals to be proactive in their health, but barriers such as cost, accessibility, and an information deficit in the medical community make the process more challenging, medical experts and policymakers say. Dr. Megan Romano, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at […]