Health
Blood shortage prompts call for donations
(HealthDay)—The American Red Cross needs your blood, and it needs it now.
Jul 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Burial teams dramatically reduced Ebola cases during west Africa outbreak: study
Red Cross volunteers prevented a significant number of Ebola cases during the 2013-2016 epidemic in west Africa by using safe burial techniques, according to a study released Thursday.
Jun 22, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
War-torn Yemen to get cholera vaccines as death toll mounts
The U.N. health agency and some major partners have agreed to send 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen to help stanch a spiraling and increasingly deadly caseload in the impoverished country, which is already facing ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Medical research
Blood discovery could benefit preemies, help end platelet shortages
The emergency call issued by the American Red Cross earlier this year was of a sort all too common: Donations of platelets were needed, and desperately. But a new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...
May 19, 2017
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Cardiology
Three little letters that could make you a big hero at the beach this summer: CPR
Imagine yourself relaxing at the beach when the worst happens—someone notices a boy in trouble in the water. In the mad rush to get him to shore, you have two choices: wait for emergency responders to arrive or start administering ...
May 17, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Diarrhoea kills 28 in Somaliland in 10 days: Red Cross
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) warned Wednesday of a health crisis in Somaliland after 28 people died of acute diarrhoea in the past 10 days.
Apr 12, 2017
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Nurse volunteer activities improve the health of their communities, workforce study says
More than 20,000 nurses currently serve as volunteers with the American Red Cross, supporting victims of natural and man-made disasters. Many tens-of-thousands more nurses are also informally promoting healthy behaviors in ...
Mar 29, 2017
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Uncertainty in blood supply chains creating challenges for industry
When we talk about supply chains, we may conjure up images of manufacturing plants, warehouses, trucks and shipping docks. There is another, truly unique supply chain for a product vitally important to health care and life, ...
Jan 9, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Screening cuts transfusion-transmitted babesiosis risk
(HealthDay)—Screening for Babesia microti antibodies and DNA in blood-donation samples is associated with a reduction in the risk of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis, according to a study published in the Dec. 8 issue ...
Dec 9, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social ties critical for disaster survivors, study says
Connections to other people are at the heart of the resilience and recovery of survivors of Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires—but a landmark study warns that it can take five years or longer for the trauma to become manageable ...
Nov 29, 2016
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