Monthly Archives: November 2023

Recruit Training Command volunteers turn out for ASBP Blood Drive

Recruit Training Command (RTC) volunteers provided a lifeline to the front lines during the RTC Blood Drive Nov. 15. The donation site at the USS Theodore Roosevelt – a Navy recruit barracks – welcomed RTC leadership, Recruit Division Commanders (RDCs), instructors, and civilian staff, who donated 23 units of blood to the Armed Services Blood […]

Vitalant to host Thanks For Giving Blood Drive at the Atlantis

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – ‘Tis the week of thanksgiving and giving back. One easy way to do that is by donating blood and plasma. Scott Edward, Vitalant senior donor recruitment manager, stopped by Morning Break to invite the community out to the Atlantis Resort Casino Wednesday, Nov. 22 for the Thanks For Giving blood drive. […]

Photos: Dozens of premature babies evacuated from Gaza to Egypt

A group of 28 premature babies from Gaza have been evacuated from a hospital inside the besieged Palestinian enclave to Egypt to receive treatment, according to Egyptian television footage and a Palestinian hospital doctor. “The babies arrived to me from al-Shifa Hospital. They were in a catastrophic condition when they got here,” said Dr Mohammad […]

Magnolia Medical Technologies Marks World AMR Awareness Week by Recognizing the Need to Reduce Antibiotic Usage through Accurate Blood Culture Results

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been declared by WHO as a top 10 global public health threat that is predicted to worsen unless significant action is taken, including mitigating the need for antibiotics with more accurate tests. SEATTLE, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — In observance of World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., the inventors of […]

Blood Institute urges Thanksgiving donations to combat holiday shortage and support local patients

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Our Blood Institute (OBI) is asking for blood donations ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. OBI is urging individuals to donate blood in advance of the holiday to ensure that hospitals are adequately prepared for any accidents or other emergent needs. OBI says that blood donations typically decrease during the holidays, and […]

Canon Fodder: Fly Me to the Blood-Moon

Welcome back to this year’s penultimate issue of Canon Fodder—what a year it’s been, and we’re not quite done yet on the fiction front! New multiplayer map lore for Season 5’s latest additions, new Waypoint Chronicles and Intel, a new Armory Infinitum entry, and even more await within… MAPTACULORE: RECKONING Season 5 brought with it […]

Thomas Schwann to Lead Cardiovascular Surgery at Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan

Thomas Schwann Corewell Health in Grand Rapids named Dr. Thomas A. Schwann as the new chief of cardiovascular surgery for Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan (formerly known as Beaumont Health). “We are proud and honored to give Dr. Schwann a warm welcome to our celebrated and nationally ranked cardiac surgery program,” says Dr. Penny Wilton, […]

Breakthrough therapy for blocked arteries makes waves in cardiovascular world

“I think it’s probably been the single most important breakthrough in the cardiovascular space in the last ten years,” said Dr. Peter Soukas, the director of peripheral vascular interventional laboratory at The Miriam Hospital. It has been at the forefront of this innovative research, and now FDA approved treatment, for calcium blockages in coronary and […]