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CDC says COVID variant EG.5 is now dominant, including strain some call “Eris”

The EG.5 variant now makes up the largest proportion of new COVID-19 infections nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated, as multiple parts of the country have been reporting their first upticks of the virus in months. Overall, as of Friday, 17.3% of COVID-19 cases nationwide were projected to be caused by EG.5, […]

DASH diet: How to lower your blood pressure with heart-healthy eating

Changing what you eat is one of the most effective natural ways to lower your blood pressure. Still, with the number of popular diets and dieting fads today, choosing the proper diet that will help you decrease your blood pressure in a healthy and efficient manner can be challenging. The DASH diet According to a […]

COVID variants drive UK summer infection wave

Indications of new waves of COVID-19 infections are emerging in the UK this summer, fueled by new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the disease. According to the ZOE Health Study which encourages smart phone users to submit health reports, 52,375 symptomatic COVID cases were reported on August 3, leading to a prediction of […]

Hoxworth Blood Center teams up with Cincinnati Music Hall for life-saving blood drive

Happening Tuesday morning at Cincinnati Music Hall, Hoxworth Blood Center is teaming up with some local organizations to help save lives in the community.The “Lifesaving as an Art” blood drive is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Music Hall’s ballroom.Donors will receive a free FC Cincinnati “I Bleed Orange and Blue” t-shirt.There will also […]

‘It opens doors’: New FDA guidance allows more inclusive blood donation process, save lives

Monday, August 7, 2023 5:03PM RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — For nearly 20 years Dustin Best couldn’t donate blood like everyone else. Restrictions put in place by the FDA left the Fayetteville man who identifies as gay with few options to give blood. “It hurt. It hurt my feelings.,” he said. The old policy only allowed […]

Red Cross ends blood donation restrictions that singled out gay and bisexual men

The American Red Cross is now allowing men who have sex with men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person’s sexual orientation. The FDA in May dropped a nearly 40-year policy that had singled out men who have sex with men. Under the new guidelines, anyone who has recently had sex […]

New kidney function equation may reduce health disparities by improving access to heart failure therapy in previously ineligi

The newly introduced kidney function equation has value in predicting heart failure comparable to the old equation but may reduce racial disparities by improving access to heart failure therapy among Black heart failure patients. The newly introduced kidney function equation has value in predicting heart failure comparable to the old equation but may reduce racial […]

RAW: FILE: GAY MEN ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD

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