Red Cross Says Blood Supply Dangerously Low

Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 There’s an urgent need for blood donations as the United States’ blood supply drops to one of its lowest levels in over a decade, the America Red Cross said Tuesday. In the past few weeks, blood […]

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Americans Should Avoid Travel to Canada: CDC

TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) Americans should avoid travel to Canada due to “very high” levels of COVID-19 cases in that country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The agency placed Canada under a Level 4 travel health notice, which is the highest category and includes other countries such as […]

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Drug Combo Boosts Outcomes for Advanced Melanoma

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) For people newly diagnosed with advanced melanoma, a combination of two immunotherapy drugs can double the amount of time their cancer remains progression-free, a clinical trial has found. The treatment combines two drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. One, called nivolumab (Opdivo), is already […]

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