COVID Skeptics Request Blood Transfusions From Unvaccinated Donors
In another twist on covid vaccine hesitancy, blood centers say they are starting to hear from transfusion patients demanding blood from unvaccinated donors. Experts say the option is neither practical nor medically justifiable. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Unvaccinated Americans are refusing life-saving blood transfusions from vaccinated people
Some anti-vaxx Americans are requesting not to receive blood transfusions from the vaccinated. Some fear the blood contains microchips or other genetic material used for cloning. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID Cynics Request Blood Transfusions From Unvaccinated Donors COVID Cynics Request Blood Transfusions From Unvaccinated Donors
Blood centers say they are starting to hear from transfusion patients demanding blood from unvaccinated donors. Experts say the option is neither practical nor medically justifiable.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - August 17, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Govt Tasks Health Institutions, Professionals On Blood Safety Regulation
[Daily Trust] The National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) has called on medical practitioners and institutions to comply with national regulatory standards aimed at ensuring blood safety in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 16, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritius: Mega Blood Donation in Port-Louis to Help Increase Blood Bank's Supplies
[Government of Mauritius] A Mega Blood Donation, aiming to help the Blood Bank maintain an adequate stock level of blood kick-started, this morning, at the Municipality of Port-Louis. The event is organised by the Social Welfare Division of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare. The goal is to collect more than 300 pints. One in four people will need a blood transfusion at some point in their lives. Over 3000 pints of blood are needed for transfusions every month in Mauritius. Everyday 125 to 150 pints of blood are nee (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Why giving blood could help save cancer patients
Melody, 44, had suspected that her son Andrew Berthoud had chickenpox. It was acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and he needed chemotherapy and 22 blood transfusions. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nanotech device can detect risk for serious complication during pregnancy
Researchers from UCLA and Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to detect a potentially life-threatening condition that can occur during pregnancy.The condition, placenta accreta spectrum disorder, occurs when the placenta grows too deeply into the uterine wall and fails to detach from the uterus after childbirth. It can lead to significant blood loss during pregnancy and delivery, requiring blood transfusions and intensive care, and it can result in serious illness and infection and can even be fatal for the mother. The condition occurs in less than 0.5% of pregnancies.Currently, placenta accreta spectrum disorder is diag...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 3, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Costs higher for PNH patients receiving eculizumab plus blood transfusions in the USA
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - August 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Humanitarian
unfpa_root_userWed, 07/21/2021 - 11:03During conflicts, natural disasters and public health emergencies, sexual and reproductive health needs are often overlooked – with staggering consequences. Pregnant women risk life-threatening complications without access to delivery and emergency obstetric care services. Women and girls may lose access to family planning services, exposing them to unintended pregnancy in perilous conditions. Women and girls also becom e more vulnerable to sexual violence, exploitation and HIV infection.UNFPA is on the ground before, during and after crises, working closely with governments, local N...
Source: UNFPA News - July 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: unfpa_root_user Source Type: news
Kenya: MPs Endorse Blood Donation, Handling Bill
[Nation] Blood donations and handling will significantly change after the National Assembly passed the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service (LNBTS) Bill, 2020 (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 9, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Blood transfusions in gunshot-wound-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in the United States - Goel R, Zhu X, Makhani S, Petersen MR, Josephson CD, Katz LM, Shaz BH, Austin R, Crowe EP, Ness PM, Gehrie EA, Frank SM, Bloch EM, Tobian AAR.
BACKGROUND: The United States (US) leads all high-income countries in gunshot wound (GSW) deaths. However, previous US studies have not evaluated the national blood transfusion utilization patterns in hospitalized GSW patients. METHODS: Data from 2... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Kenya: Report Reveals Shocking Details of Blood Transfusion Centres
[Nation] The digital blood management system is down because software licences have not been paid for. This has compromised the quality of donated blood transmitted to those in need, a report by a parliamentary committee reveals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 24, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Grandpa's trauma at being infected with HIV in 1980s school blood transfusion
A TEARFUL grandfather told yesterday how his life fell apart after he was infected with HIV by a 1980s blood transfusion at his school. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Needs 2 Million Blood Units Annually - NBTS
[Daily Trust] The national coordinator of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Dr Omale Joseph Amedu, says Nigeria needs about 2 million units of blood annually. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 15, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Luspatercept Benefit Also in Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Luspatercept Benefit Also in Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia
Patients with beta thalassemia who are not dependent on transfusions also derive benefit from the drug, showing improved hemoglobin levels and a reduced need for blood transfusions.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - June 13, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
