Starting Aug. 7, blood donation centers will implement new donor eligibility requirements that will open blood donation to individuals who were previously excluded due to certain restrictions, including men who have sex with men. The change comes after the FDA issued final guidance in May, transitioning to an individual donor assessment to determine eligibility and […]
Police officers are guarding the scene of an incident that left blood splattered on the pavement in a residential area of Edinburgh. A photograph taken by the Evening News shows an area of pavement outside a block of flats on Loaning Road, in the Craigentinny area of the city, taped off by police. Blood can […]
YORK, Pa. — FOX43 is set to host a blood drive on August 24, 2023. The blood drive will be held with the help of the American Red Cross at the Penn State York Campus located at 1031 Edgecomb Road from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To donate, you can sign up for an appointment […]
The convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots chased her with a “blood thirsty approach” to hunt Muslims and kill them, the Supreme Court was told on August 7. Commencing arguments on the plea challenging the remission granted last year to all […]
In a remarkable stride towards improving healthcare in Somalia, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Swedish Government, with additional support from Governments of Switzerland, Finland, and Italy, have joined hands to establish a state-of-the-art blood bank in the country’s capital, Mogadishu. This pioneering initiative, which is set to be inaugurated and handed over […]
The American Red Cross is now welcoming more donors into its lifesaving mission through updated FDA blood donation eligibility guidelines that eliminate longstanding broad, time-based deferrals based on sexual orientation. Historic changeUnder this new donor screening process, all donors answer the same eligibility questions regardless of gender or sexual orientation and will be assessed for […]
If you were told to do more exercise to lower your blood pressure, you might think you’d need break out you running gear or hit the weights. But one of us (Jamie) recently published research that found exercises that you hold in a static position, such as planks and wall sits, are actually the best […]
Open this photo in gallery: Blood samples from volunteers are handled in the laboratory at Imperial College in London on July 30, 2020.The Associated Press At the height of the pandemic, Canadians became familiar with the concept of waste-water testing to track SARS-CoV-2 through human waste flushed down the toilet. But there is another bodily […]
CNN — Back when Kody Kinsley was in high school, he was so dedicated to boosting the US blood supply that he helped run blood drives. But Monday will be the first time as an adult that Kinsley — now the secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services — will actually be […]
Starting Monday, more gay and bisexual men can donate blood under new guidelines from the U.S.Food and Drug Administration. North Carolina’s health secretary will be among the first in line. Gay and bisexual men no longer must abstain from all sex for three months before donating blood. Only people who’ve had anal sex with new […]