Once upon a time, several eras ago, Taylor Swift assembled a coalition of models, actresses and musicians for the “Bad Blood” music video, which premiered at the Billboard Music Awards in May 2015. Some of the featured stars were Swift’s besties, like her to-this-day ride-or-die Selena Gomez and her who-knows-what-exactly-happened-there former friend Karlie Kloss. Other […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — LifeServe Blood Center sent multiple blood products to Maine hospitals after a mass shooting that took the lives of 18 people and injured multiple others late Wednesday night. Close to 50 blood products were shipped out to hospitals around the Lewiston, Maine area. LifeServe said they will continue to support the […]
Credit: samer daboul from Pexels A new drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research and currently under development by SIFI S.p.A., has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial. The findings, published in Ophthalmology, describe the efficacy and safety […]
COVID-19 cast a glaring spotlight on the devastating impact that infectious diseases can have on human health and society. At the height of the global pandemic, most of the world came to a standstill, and millions of lives were lost to the disease. Although advances in health care have significantly reduced the global burden of […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Rhode Island blood center held an event in Providence Thursday to honor top young donors. The family of Matthew Dennison also had the opportunity to meet one of the donors that helped the teen during his lengthy hospital stay after a car crash involving an alleged drunk driver. Although the […]
The Oklahoma Our Blood Institute is hosting a series of blood drives between October 27 and November 1. There is an incentive to donate; if you donate at any Oklahoma OBI donor center next within those dates, you will be entered to win two tickets to the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State game at Boone Pickens […]
Understanding which of the three types of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) a patient has can help guide them to receive the appropriate treatment and management of the disease. Of note, MPNs are a group of rare blood disorders where the bone marrow creates too many blood cells. This can lead a patient to have an imbalance […]
During my first semester of teaching while in grad school, I made a habit of showing up to my classroom half an hour early. I was green as a sapling and felt wholly unqualified for the task before me, and I had the vague sense that arriving before anyone else and looking prepared was one […]
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Lake Elementary and Middle School and the American Red Cross are hosting a Blood Drive on Friday, Nov. 3. The blood drive will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be held in the school’s meeting room at 8048 Broadstone Blvd. in Perrysburg. For more information on how […]
A woman at Mt Hagen Hospital is told by a nurse (left) in 2004 that she has HIV. A few years ago, PNG was lauded for its efforts to contain the virus, but infection rates are now rising. Photo: AFP The executive director of the civil society group, Businesses for Health (B4H), Ann Clarke says […]