John Oldfield is no stranger to donating platelets, but he was in for a surprise when he arrived at the ImpactLife Blood Center, 3407 E. Agency Street on Tuesday, Nov. 21, to find a box of frosted cookies and small cake sitting at his donor lounge chair. Atop the cake was a plastic hula girl […]
…AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Poor air quality. * WHERE…Portions of central, north central and northeast Oregon and central, south central and southeast Washington. * WHEN…Until 11 AM PST Thursday. * IMPACTS…Poor air quality may cause issues for people with respiratory problems. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… People with respiratory illness […]
A 16-year-old reportedly died on the Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas cruise ship early Saturday morning. According to multiple passengers, the teenage boy climbed and fell numerous stories from an internal balcony in the vessel’s Central Park area. Allure of the Seas is one of Royal Caribbean’s most family-friendly ships, with activities and excursions […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For those who use it as an invective, “Luddite” is particularly handy: it casts opposition to technology as not just futile but cult-like. Luddites aren’t merely irrational; they’re weird and obsessive. This is partly a […]
Ruth Awori, Dr. Nelson Musooba, Jacqueline Mukokha and Dr Steven Watiti during the press briefing. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda prepares to commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1st, the country faces a significant challenge due to the high number of new infections, posing a threat to the goal of […]
Although the ongoing outbreak may have raised fears that a new pandemic like COVID-19 is emerging, it has not been caused by a new pathogen, and experts say we shouldn’t be concerned. (Image credit: d3sign via Getty Images) In mid-November, news broke of an outbreak of respiratory illness in China, raising concerns that another pandemic […]
For children and adolescents aged younger than 18 years, the 2022-2023 influenza season was classified as a “high severity” season compared to previous data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the agency noted in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.1 The influenza season for 2022-2023 began in October, earlier than most previous […]
The recent announcement of a US$40 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support production of new messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines in Africa presents opportunities to boost clinical trials and strengthen a potential foundation of the continent’s health care landscape. An mRNA vaccine uses a copy of a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) to […]
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Given that travel and family plans disrupt regular routines during the holidays, blood donations tend to be at their lowest around this time. However, that doesn’t mean the demand for blood is any different. According to David Veloz, senior director of recruitment at Vitalant, on average roughly 130 blood donations […]
Rafael Chávez has dedicated part of his life to raising carrier pigeons. The work that he considers his hobby has its rewards, such as the joy he brings to families celebrating and honoring some of life’s special moments. Chávez, of Jalisco, Mexico, has been dedicated to “colombofilia” for more than 35 years. It’s an art […]