Researchers from the University of Aberdeen and Queen’s University Belfast have received a £280,000 boost from Blood Cancer UK. It will know form a study looking at DNA and samples from people with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) to identify what may be responsible for causing the disease. MPN affects around four thousand people in the UK every […]
We Are Blood, the sole provider of blood to more than 50 hospitals and medical facilities in Central Texas, will implement the Food and Drug Administration’s updated guidance on blood donor criteria Sept. 6, which will expand LGBTQ donor eligibility. According to a news release, the new guidance will allow for more Central Texas community […]
BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner donated blood for the first time on Tuesday, in celebration of new rules that open blood donation to gay and bisexual men. Eye drop recall grows after FDA warning, reports of ‘adverse events’ DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein and former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky donated blood at the […]
The lineage was initially detected in Denmark last month With Canada identifying its first case of coronavirus infection involving the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in an individual in British Columbia, a fresh concern has emerged worldwide. The lineage was initially detected in Denmark last month. It boasts of over 35 mutations in significant […]
Browns wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has been in the NFL for a decade, but the start to this season feels a lot different than the ones he’s experienced in the past. Goodwin felt an unexpected shortness of breath while working out during the team’s minicamp this offseason and was then diagnosed with blood clots in […]
Poland’s health authorities say the death toll from Legionnaires’ disease has risen to 16 with another 140 people infected in the southeast region close to the border with Ukraine ByThe Associated Press August 30, 2023, 6:37 AM FILE – This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows […]
A research team from the University of Melbourne (Australia) has managed to create a swift, low cost and scalable way to bioengineer blood vessels from natural tissue. This is an exciting step forward in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, which is currently the number one killer globally. The efficient functioning of blood vessels is vital […]
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Press release from The Blood Connection: As we prepare for the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, The Blood Connection (TBC) is joining preparedness efforts by sending blood products to hospital partners in the storm’s path. TBC began preparing those blood products as early as Sunday as the orders came in and as of today, the Governors […]
Aspirin can help prevent a second heart attack or stroke, but fewer than half of those who could benefit use the over-the-counter medication, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed health surveys from 51 countries from 2013 to 2020 and found that aspirin use following a cardiovascular event — known as “secondary” prevention — ranged from […]