A lab in Lansing, Mich., where the state health department tests blood from newborns for more than 50 rare diseases. A judge has found key parts of Michigan’s newborn blood-testing program unconstitutional in a challenge by four parents who raised concerns about how leftover samples are used long after screening for rare diseases. (Joey Cappelletti/Report […]
An international appeal has secured enough supply of a rare combination of blood types to make critical surgery possible for an Adelaide mother. Key points: An urgent appeal seeking suitable donors was launched just over a week ago Five further donors have since been identified, and supply secured from the UK and France Lifeblood says there is […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — More than 20 thousand babies are born needing open heart surgery. These complex procedures are a lifeline for children with congenital heart defects. Many of these surgeries can take up to 12 hours. Now, one surgeon has developed something that could transform the field of heart surgeries not only for babies, but […]
by: Natalie McCain Posted: Aug 4, 2023 / 05:18 PM CDT Updated: Aug 4, 2023 / 05:18 PM CDT WALTERS, Okla. (KFDX/KJTL) — Get more when you give back at this upcoming blood donation event at the Comanche Star Casino. Blood Battle 2023: Places to give The Comanche Star Casino, through its Comanche Cares Program, […]
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A 10-year-old Clearwater boy is recovering after waking up in the middle of the night with a ruptured blood vessel and bleeding in his brain. Mason Hammer went to sleep July 26 happy and healthy after swimming at a friend’s house, coming home, and eating dinner, his mom said. “Last Wednesday […]
This July 2022 photo shows a lab in Lansing, Mich., where the state health department tests blood from newborns for more than 50 rare diseases. A judge has found key parts of Michigan’s newborn blood-testing program unconstitutional in a challenge by four parents who raised concerns about how leftover samples are used long after screening […]
Sierra Ferguson On Monday, Peter Bruce received a greeting card with the words “sweet sixteen” scrawled on the envelope. The card wasn’t intended to help celebrate a birthday; in fact, Bruce has graced the airwaves in northern Arizona with his one-of-a-kind baritone for much longer than 16 years. This week he was marking a different […]
New research into driver tiredness could yield potential prosecutions for inattentive, sleepy drivers. 06:0005 August 2023 View 4 images A new blood test is being developed by Australian researchers to detect a person’s level of tiredness, with a view of applying potential prosecutions to drivers over a “tiredness limit.” Reported first by The Guardian newspaper, as […]
Red Cross Blood DriveAug. 9, 202311:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Vermont Public Studios365 Troy Ave.Colchester, VT 05446 Vermont Public is hosting our first ever blood drive. According to the Red Cross, this summer has seen a decline in donations. The Red Cross is in need of type O-, O+, B- and A- blood donors. Each […]
DETROIT — The state of Michigan must return or destroy dried blood samples from nine newborns or get approval from parents to keep them, according to the latest scathing opinion from a federal judge who found parts of a routine testing program unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington is not interfering with the practice of […]