VALLEY MILLS, Texas (KWTX) – Three-year-old Elenor Gomez from Valley Mills has been battling leukemia for a majority of her life. Now her mother, Jessica Harris, is advocating for more people to donate blood to help the girl and other kids with cancer. Harris said her daughter’s diagnosis couldn’t have come at a worse time. […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } MANKATO — When Addi Naumann came into the world, she made quite an entrance. Now 2 years old, the youngest of four children of Joe and Rachel Naumann of Mankato was born prematurely on June 14, 2021, at 23 […]
Like most working mothers running on fumes, Denise Dunn spent her days fighting through fatigue. Juggling a business in Darwin, a part-time job and two children, she thought her level of exhaustion was run of the mill — but something always felt amiss. And then her symptoms started getting worse. “By the time of my […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The need for blood is always present, and donors can meet this constant need at the upcoming Kentucky Blood Center blood drive. One in four people will need a blood transfusion in their lifetime, according to officials. KBC and its donors supply more than 70 hospitals in Kentucky. Through the generosity […]
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. During July and August, as the US saw widespread heatwaves and above-average coastal sea surface temperatures, Connecticut, New York and North Carolina reported more severe […]
Recent clinical trials found an extract from dahlia flower petals can stabilize blood sugar levels in patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. The extract works by inhibiting brain inflammation, thereby improving the body’s ability to process blood sugar. Dahlia extract was discovered to stabilize blood sugar levels. Clinical trials led by the University of […]
Just over five years since the horrific Capital Gazette shooting, the Annapolis community is invited to donate blood on September 9, 2023 in memory of American Red Cross blood drive volunteer and journalist Wendi Winters. Wendi tragically lost her life, alongside four others, in the workplace shooting on June 28, 2018; and this blood drive […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Versiti Blood Center of Michigan Cadillac, 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Sept. 4, LifeHouse Assembly of God Fellowship Hall, 1120 W. Division St. Lake Ann, 3:30-6:15 p.m., Sept. 5, United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 6583 First St. McBain, 9:30 […]
A deer farm in Wisconsin is under quarantine after testing positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a highly contagious and fatal brain disease. Scientists with the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, confirmed that samples from a three-year-old doe tested positive for the neurological disease, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture announced Thursday. The 150-acre […]
Vibrio vulnificus infections have killed at least 13 people on the Eastern Seaboard this year and cause an estimated 80,000 illnesses annually in the United States. Most people get infected with Vibrio by eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters, the CDC said in the advisory which was issued on Friday, Sept. 1. Vibrio naturally live […]