U.S. Blood Supply at Dangerously Low Levels: Red Cross
TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Blood supplies have dropped to dangerously low levels in the United States, according to the American Red Cross.
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Peninsula Regional Medical Center exercise physiologist Rebecca Toth takes Stephen Slocum's blood pressure during an exercise session at PRMC's cardiac rehab facility. / SUBMITTED IMAGE SALISBURY — According to the American Red Cross, more than 300000 …
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Why is the FDA Discriminating Against Gay Men? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | The Federal Drug Administration is discriminating against gay men. Homosexual males who have had even one same-sex sexual encounter are deemed too high-risk to donate blood to the American Red Cross. This libertarian, fiscally conservative voter simply does not understand how a gay guy in a committed relationship boasts a higher risk of HIV infected blood that a heterosexual hottie who hooks up with multiple women or a backseat hopping high school girls.
Bernadine Healy, former head of Red Cross, dies (AP)
AP – Dr. Bernadine Healy, the first woman to direct the National Institutes of Health and the leader of the American Red Cross during the Sept. 11 terror attacks, has died. She was 67.
Michigan police participate in earthquake training
Police say the exercise was scheduled for Tuesday at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason, near Lansing. Several other agencies and the American Red Cross are participating. Troopers and a helicopter were expected to be involved and a simulated …
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YC Red Cross training today
The Yuba City office of the American Red Cross will run through a flood scenario in Sutter and Yuba counties as part of a disaster exercise today and Wednesday, and people off the street get to play victims. Beginning both days with a phone bank to …
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Red Cross planning emergency drill June 3
By Red Cross Connecticut Region BRIDGEPORT, CT – Area residents are needed to participate in an overnight American Red Cross preparedness exercise at Geraldine Johnson School in Bridgeport on June 3. They will be part of a statewide test by the …
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