The Rio Rancho Police Department and Rio Rancho Fire and Rescue teams are hosting their annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive from 1-6 p.m. Friday at Mesa Baptist Church, 1411 Golf Course. “All donors will receive a FREE Battle T-Shirt and be registered to win one of five $5,000 prepaid gift cards!” an announcement […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Duncan’s Boots (Duncan Fire Department – DFD) and Badges (Duncan Police Department – DPD) went head-to-head in a friendly competition once against this year while benefitting a good cause. On July 19, members of the community attended a blood […]
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — July is Cord Blood Awareness Month. LifeSouth is a local cord blood bank using its platform to educate the public about the life-saving value of umbilical cord blood. Founded in 1974, LifeSouth is the first non-profit community blood supplier for the southeast. It offers a public cord blood bank with the […]
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) – A blood drive, hosted by the Lawton Board of Realtors, was held today in Lawton in hopes of helping make sure Our Blood Institute has enough donations. On top of getting donations, officials with the board say if they got more than 15 donations they’d then get funds from the institute. […]
A parasitic infection linked to imported produce is popping up in Wisconsin again this summer. There have been 40 cases of cyclosporiasis reported to the state Department of Health Services since June 1. The intestinal illness is caused by a parasite that comes from people ingesting food or water contaminated with feces. The parasite is […]
Minneapolis police say they have cracked a 1984 cold-case murder and assault thanks to new DNA technology. Authorities named Matthew Russell Brown, 66, as the suspect accused of murdering Robert Miller inside his south Minneapolis apartment on July 17, 1984, when Brown would have been 27 years old. Court records filed last month show Brown was charged with second-degree […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Regulations for blood donation centers and plasma donation centers vary, and the chief medical officer for Our Blood Institute (OBI) told Enid Rotarians that for-profit plasma centers are contributing to a decrease in blood donations at nonprofit centers. Dr. […]
CDC (Adobe Stock, unknown) As the White House maintains strict COVID-19 testing protocols for access to President Joseph Biden, protocols which recently detected SARS-CoV-2 in a member of the Israeli delegation, the CDC appears to be on the verge of relaxing infection disease strategies. During the CDC’s June 2023 Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee […]
The blood bank said the summer is a time when more accidents and injuries happen and require life-saving blood transfusions. Bloodworks Northwest is encouraging people to make appointments in July and August to ensure the blood shortage doesn’t affect the care of local cancer, trauma, and surgery patients and maintain enough blood for emergencies. Same […]
Summary: In an unexpected twist, researchers found that muscle loss, a form of ‘wasting’ during infections, could be beneficial. Their study revealed that during T. brucei infection in mice, fat loss initiated by CD4+ T cells had no impact on survival or fighting the parasite. However, muscle wasting induced by CD8+ T cells surprisingly enhanced […]