More gay and bisexual men can now donate blood to the Red Cross

Starting Monday, the American Red Cross is accepting blood donations from many members of the LGBTQ community who are now eligible under new guidelines. This comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility recommendations to include more gay and bisexual men. People who have new or multiple partners, and have had anal sex […]

New federal guidelines allow LGBTQ+ people to donate blood

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – More members of the LGBTQ+ community can now give blood. New federal guidelines focus on specific behavior-based risks, rather than broad bans. The Director of the University of Michigan Health Blood Bank said expanding the donor pool is essential. ”The need for blood is constant. And we need to be able […]

Researchers discover antifungal molecule

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/ou-researchers-discove.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/ou-researchers-discove.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: Journal of Natural Products (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00382″> Credit: Journal of Natural Products (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00382 Fungal infections are killing thousands of Americans each year, some with a morbidity rate of nearly 80%. To make matters worse, only a handful of antifungal treatments are available, and even those are becoming less effective […]

Friends Of Cockspur Island Lighthouse and The Blood Connection host blood drive for National Lighthouse Day

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – A local non-profit partnered with The Blood Connection to celebrate National Lighthouse Day at Fort Pulaski. In honor of National Lighthouse Day, Friends Of Cockspur Island Lighthouse and The Blood Connection hosted a blood drive to save both lighthouses and lives. The non-profit’s president says all funds from blood drive will […]

Researchers discover novel breakthrough treatment for fungal infections

Researchers with the University of Oklahoma’s Natural Products Discovery Group recently published findings that indicate a novel breakthrough treatment for fungal infections. Fungal infections are killing thousands of Americans each year, some with a morbidity rate of nearly 80%. To make matters worse, only a handful of antifungal treatments are available, and even those are […]

School rallies to support student hospitalized with rare infection

BATON ROUGE – As most students prepare to return to school, a local boy is hospitalized battling a rare bacteria and other health issues — but his classmates are rallying to support him. A prayer vigil for Madden Brown is being held at Central Private school Monday at 8 p.m. Madden is a rising 8th-grade […]

She wants to know why Black women are more likely to develop heart disease after breast cancer

RICHMOND, Va. — Studying cardiovascular disease in breast cancer survivors isn’t new at VCU Health, but one study is taking it a step further. “To understand why we see racial disparities. Why we see cardiovascular disease among breast cancer survivors,” said Arnethea Sutton, Ph.D. with VCU Massey Cancer Center. Dr. Sutton, a researcher is three […]

Cardiologist William C. Roberts remembered as a ‘true legend in cardiovascular medicine’

“As the chief of pathology at the National Institutes of Health, he developed the unique ability to relate pathological observations to clinical cardiology, and in the process brought cardiology to pathology,” Maron wrote. “This was at the beginning of the open-heart surgical era, and it is not an exaggeration to credit Roberts with establishing a […]