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Without blood, we cannot care” is the title of the social campaign by Cardarelli in Naples, which in the middle of summer ...
Bell County residents may now monitor their blood pressure for free at local libraries or at home, thanks to a donation of 45 ...
Ideal blood types for this donation are O positive, O negative, A negative and B negative. Platelet donations collect your platelets, which are cells in your blood that form clots and stop bleeding.
Rapides Parish Library (RPL) is launching a new health initiative providing free blood pressure monitor kits for checkout. Starting April 21, 2025, adults with valid library cards can borrow kits ...
US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday paved the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood by finalizing new risk-based recommendations for blood donation. Going forward, prospective ...
On average, an adult has about 1.2 to 1.5 gallons – or 10 units – of blood in their body, according to the American Red Cross. This accounts for approximately 10% of a person's weight. Now ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new blood-donation guidelines recommend all potential donors be asked the same risk-based questions, regardless of sexual orientation, gender or sex.
For January's National Blood Donor Month BluePearl is raising awareness about the pet blood donation shortage and how cats and dogs can help save other pets' lives.
Now, the new blood donation risk assessment will be the same for every donor regardless of how they identify. Tubes direct blood from a donor into a bag in Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 11, 2022.
On May 11, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new regulations on blood donation that pave the way for more bisexual and gay men to donate blood.The regulatory agency ...
TODAY IS NATIONAL BLOOD DONATION DAY. THE RED CROSS SAYS DONATIONS ARE STARTING TO DECLINE. AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE NEED, EVERY TWO SECONDS, SOMEONE IN THE U.S. NEEDS BLOOD. I’M JOINED ...