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Nearly 12,000 individuals die every day due to lack of quality blood
On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, the health professionals underscored the need to highl…
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People rush to donate blood amid Texas shortage after elementary school mass shooting
The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center donated 25 units of blood to Uvalde in the immediate afterm…
Erin Snodgrass
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Blood banks are leveraging Facebook to fulfill their blood requirements from 40 million donors
Blood banks across the country have started leveraging Facebook to fulfill their blood requirements…
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The future of AstraZeneca's vaccine rollout hinges on 2 crucial decisions, after a month of suspensions and dose shortages
A European regulator's ruling on side effects could lift AstraZeneca vaccine suspensions in 18 coun…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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A 30-year-old has free bled since she was 15. The detention center where she lived for 3 years banned tampons.
Shaylyn Wade didn't realize there was a tampon shortage, as she's been free bleeding with toilet pa…
Julia Naftulin
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Doctors told a vocal cord cancer patient he had an 88% chance of a cure with treatment. But because of a cancer drug shortage, that may drop to 45%.
The US is facing a record-high shortage of cancer treatment drugs, leaving those like Tony Shepard,…
Katie Hawkinson
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Minerva Academy staff step up as Chandigarh Blood Bank faces severe shortages
"We are all aware that the coronavirus pandemic is interrupting blood donation drives and the Nati…
PTI
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Results: Republican Jim Pillen defeats Democratic state Sen. Carol Blood in Nebraska's gubernatorial election
Both candidates were campaigning on addressing the state's workforce shortage, which has affected b…
Hanna Kang
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600 years ago a king tried to deny a post-pandemic labor shortage was real — and it ended up killing hundreds of people
The labor shortage after the Black Death gave workers power. A new book shows how the king tried to…
Jason Lalljee
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Facebook is about to launch a tool in the US that pings you to donate blood when there are shortages
To address those incidents, she said the blood donations feature is equipped with technical tools t…
Erin Brodwin
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I'm a gay man and haven't been able to donate blood due to the FDA ban. I was part of the Red Cross study that will help overturn that.
A gay man wanted to donate blood ever since high school but couldn't due to the FDA ban. The Americ…
Austin Roy
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Senators called on the FDA to lift restrictions that keep gay and bisexual men from donating blood amid 'severe' shortage during coronavirus outbreak
Ahead of the Senators' letter, LGBTQ advocates and interest groups had pushed for the FDA to reeval…
Ellen Cranley,Ellen Cranley
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Healthcare workers with long COVID are having their careers cut short due to debilitating symptoms as the industry struggles with labor shortages
"Long haul COVID is not just a healthcare challenge, but a challenge for our society and our econom…
Hannah Towey
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Britain's health service is running out of blood test tubes and doctors say it could lead to a 'catastrophe'
The shortage of basic equipment, caused by supply and Brexit-related border challenges, is making t…
Bethany Dawson
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Drugs, blood, confetti, and broken glass: Atlantic City housekeepers share what they wish guests knew and why they need a raise
Housekeepers said they make $16.25 an hour or less to clean casino hotel rooms that have gotten muc…
Charles R. Davis
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A 'game-changer' weight-loss drug was approved in 2021. Demand was so high that there were shortages within months.
The FDA in June approved semaglutide to treat obesity. Its maker has suggested it's so popular that…
Gabby Landsverk
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A shortage of CO2 gas in the UK could cause Christmas to be 'canceled,' warns industry boss
The gas is used to slaughter farm animals by making them lose consciousness. It is also used to pac…
Bethany Dawson
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Business is booming for the $24 billion plasma industry - but it may be putting vulnerable donors at risk
Americans supply two-thirds of the world's plasma, supporting an industry that relies on vulnerable…
Julia Press,Robin Lindsay
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Facebook just made its first public entrance into the US health space with a tool that pings you to donate blood during a shortage
Budaraju said the tool has already helped to facilitate tens of thousands of donations, saving live…