CARLSBAD, CA — Since announcing a national blood and platelet shortage, thousands of donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to help rebuild the American Red Cross blood and platelet supply. But more donations are needed. “As that generosity continues, the Red Cross is working around-the-clock to ensure patients have access to lifesaving […]
Introduction Since the first report of severe and critical acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2) in December of 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, it has rapidly spread to all regions of the world.1 As of now, there have been over 7.66 billion confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections and at least 6.93 million reported deaths. (Last update: 16 May […]
New Brunswick’s COVID-19 hazard index has more than doubled in a week and is now the highest in the country, according to an infectious diseases researcher and co-founder of COVID-19 Resources Canada. The province is still listed as “severe,” but its score for Oct. 21 to Nov. 3 has jumped to 22.8 from 10 a week ago, […]
I think this tops the Megan Fox thing. Last week, Blizzard dropped an announcement asking fans to “donate to the blood harvest”, allowing them to earn some in-game swag for Diablo 4. Here’s the run-down. Until November 20, US players over 18 can submit proof of blood donation to any blood donation clinic, “such as […]
Significantly shorter durations of COVID-19 infectivity were seen in health care workers (HCWs) with recurrent vs primary COVID-19 infections, according to study findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Current guidance regarding how long individuals infected with COVID-19 should refrain from working to prevent the spread of infection is based on infectivity research conducted early in […]
01. Rabid Funeral02. Throatsaw03. No Mortal Left Alive04. Well Of Entrails05. Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts06. Bones To The Wolves07. Marrow Fiend08. Toxic Death Fuk09. Lobotomizing Gods10. Death Is The Answer11. Coagulation Still building up speed as they hurtle towards the grave, AUTOPSY have conjured another batch of obnoxious outbursts, barely a year after the release of last year’s “Morbidity Triumphant”. That album was another high […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An estimated 95,000–167,000 inpatients at English National Health Service (NHS) hospitals caught SARS-CoV-2 while in hospital during England’s “second wave” of COVID-19, between June 2020 and March 2021, reports a paper, “The burden and dynamics of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in England,” published in Nature. The findings reveal the scale of hospital transmissions […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } WEATHERFORD — When Josh Kohlrust was searching for ideas of his Eagle Scout project, the one that surfaced almost immediately was one literally near and dear to his heart. “This is important so people don’t have to possibly worry […]
Your veins and lymphatic system play an important role in circulating blood throughout your body. Normally, your heart pumps out fresh oxygenated blood and your veins bring it back. Over time, your veins can stretch out and lose elasticity. When that happens, blood can fall into the middle of the veins causing them to get […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN) have demonstrated that by analyzing patients’ blood samples, they are able to detect cancer earlier in individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, an inherited condition with an almost 100% life-time risk of developing […]