Family urges blood donations
Blood collection drives in Bay Roberts in honour of the late George Robinson
Newport boy going through ‘hardest part of cancer journey’
12
Aug
A four-year-old boy who beat coronavirus while fighting cancer is now going through the hardest part of his cancer treatment. Archie Wilks has been fighting neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, since his stage four diagnosis in January 2019. He is currently receiving stem cells doctors took out last year,
Tulsa woman donates plasma after recovering from COVID-19 to help other patients
1
Aug
“My symptoms were very mild, but even mild symptoms are pretty uncomfortable,” Dana Deason said. Deason contracted COVID-19 in early April after visiting Seattle on a business trip. With only mild symptoms, she says it was unlike any illness she’s ever had. No hospitalization was needed and she fully recovered
‘It saved my life,’ says COVID-19 plasma recipient Justin Morgan
This 20-year-old’s NGO Khoon is saving lives by making sure blood reaches a patient
DoD COVID-19 survivor gives shoutout to doctors, plasma donors
1
Jun
Air Force veteran Patrick Bright, 55, a police officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, nearly died from COVID-19. Then he received a new treatment. Bright was hospitalized at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital on March 23. His health quickly deteriorated, and four days later he was flown to MedStar Georgetown
Woman understands critical need for blood donors
17
May
As a child, Marta Calhoun was often sick. She still remembers weekly visits to a doctor’s office, where she’d get a penicillin shot. As a teacher, the Fremont woman never seemed to develop the same immunities as her fellow instructors. She’d battle illness throughout the school year. “I would catch
COVID-19 survivor Zoa Morani felt ‘super cool’ after donating blood
11
May
Sharing a few pictures of herself, along with doctors and other hospital staff, Zoa added that she also received a blood donation certificate and Rs. 500 … Read Full Article
Student who conquered the coronavirus donates blood plasma
1
May
He tested positive for the novel coronavirus in early March, and now University of Miami senior Justin Grauer is fully recovered. So, he is assisting critically ill COVID-19 patients by donating convalescent plasma, which will be given to them to help fight the virus. In early March, Justin Grauer, a