The American Red Cross is reporting a shortfall of donations this summer. Sue Thesenga is the Regional Communications Manager for the American Red Cross in Minnesota and the Dakotas. She says it isn’t unusual to see a decline in blood donations in the summer. Thesenga explains the need is constant, every 2 seconds in the […]
Magic: The Gathering stayed on top of the July 2023 TCGplayer Top 25 Sealed Products chart, which ranks the most active products on the platform by dollar volume; showing the beginning and ending prices of each product. This is now the sixth chart (see “July 2023”) that Magic has topped in 2023, and despite concerns about […]
Pati Werkheiser, who moved to Rossville from Pennsylvania with her family when she was 10 years old, started giving blood at school when she was 17. “It just seemed like a good thing to do,” she said. “I like to help people and I’ve always been interested in medical things.” “A friend and I started […]
Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) hosted a staff blood drive for the first time in more than 15 years. The blood drive was a first-time partnership with Vitalant Blood Donation, Sacramento. SCC staff collaborated to coordinate the event. SCC registered 43 participants with 26 being first-time donors. The institution had an initial goal to collect 36 […]
At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2023, several studies on the use of blood tests for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD) were presented, highlighting the viability of blood tests for future AD screening. Currently, there are barriers when it comes to the use of blood tests for AD such as; requiring patients […]
Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson company, has announced that its bispecific antibody has been granted accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in certain patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). The authorisation for Talvey (talquetamab-tgvs) specifically applies to adult RRMM patients who have received at least four prior […]
Queen’s Brian May has taken to social media to hit out at the ongoing badger cull in England, describing it as a “blood bath”. The comments came in light of the way that the English government is working to end the spread of Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, which has led to a widespread cull […]
ANI | | Posted by Akanksha Agnihotri, Washington Aug 11, 2023 04:27 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have linked adenovirus infection with a rare blood clotting disorder. Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are specialised cellular fragments that produce blood clots in the event of a scrape or […]
By summer 2021, Gilbert Milam Jr. was living a good life. A nationally renowned rapper who performs under the name Berner, Milam was also enjoying the global expansion of Cookies, a brand of cannabis products and clothing that he co-founded and was running as CEO. But Milam was haunted by a family history of cancer, […]
BRADFORD — Support the blood supply in the final month of a challenging summer and get a chance to win Bengals season tickets when you donate at the Bradford High School community blood drive Monday, Aug. 14, from 3 to 7 p.m. at 750 Railroad Ave., Bradford. Make an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com, or by […]