I was under the impression you pay donors to give blood and that's just wrong . I'm not against the blood being sold or being charged for the use of the blood or parts of it . Just the paying people for there donation of blood . What happens after it's been donated is fair enough .

I agree, its wrong, and it does not happen.

You are hearing about blood *plasma* donation centers that DO pay people... BUT...

The mainstream media loves to do “sign of the times” pieces during America’s recession. Time and time again we see the same report about the increase of people donating plasma for money as a means of making ends meet. The reports always indicate that both blood and money is given to those who need it most. A misconception that is never clarified is that this plasma does NOT go to hospitals. Plus, with everybody donating to be compensated, volunteer blood clinics that DO provide hospitals with blood are now struggling.

“People think that the plasma they donate goes to the hospitals to save lives and it’s just not the case,” said Lance Bandley, Community Relations Representative of ARUP Blood Services. “If you donate at a plasma center, it cannot be used on a person. It has to go to some other use such as research, medical products or household products like shampoo.”

Blood services like ARUP that provide blood to hospitals do not compensate their donors due to a law passed over 20 years ago. “The FDA changed it so that you could not compensate someone for blood that will be used for another person. The problem that they were having is that people would lie on their forms just to get the money,” said Bandley.

http://www.utahstories.com/2009/04/plasma-truth-donating-plasma-utah/

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https://youtu.be/iY57ErBkFFE

#Texit

Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016.

Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power.

I was under the impression you pay donors to give blood and that's just wrong . I'm not against the blood being sold or being charged for the use of the blood or parts of it . Just the paying people for there donation of blood . What happens after it's been donated is fair enough .

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FDA recommends screening all blood donations for Zika

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended expanding the screening process for all blood donations in the U.S. as a precaution against contaminating the blood supply with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Sorry Lyn but this subject is totally wrong in the states . If you didn't pay people for there blood you would not get desperate people donating bad blood in the first place .

If you did not pay people for there bloody you would be able to screen them and say sorry we can't use your blood and not have a stuation where people will get upset or even violent because they need the cash and they won't take there blood .

Once again when you try and make cash out of health you cause more problems and send the costs of health higher .

Mature country's like Australia do not pay people to give blood it is done voluntary and you will be screened before you can actually give blood . All you get after is a cuppa and a cookie NO CASH

Glenn, I think you might be confusing donation of whole blood (usually unpaid) with donation of plasma (frequently paid).

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https://youtu.be/iY57ErBkFFE

#Texit

Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016.

Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power.

FDA recommends screening all blood donations for Zika

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended expanding the screening process for all blood donations in the U.S. as a precaution against contaminating the blood supply with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Sorry Lyn but this subject is totally wrong in the states . If you didn't pay people for there blood you would not get desperate people donating bad blood in the first place .

If you did not pay people for there bloody you would be able to screen them and say sorry we can't use your blood and not have a stuation where people will get upset or even violent because they need the cash and they won't take there blood .

Once again when you try and make cash out of health you cause more problems and send the costs of health higher .

Mature country's like Australia do not pay people to give blood it is done voluntary and you will be screened before you can actually give blood . All you get after is a cuppa and a cookie NO CASH

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FDA recommends screening all blood donations for Zika

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended expanding the screening process for all blood donations in the U.S. as a precaution against contaminating the blood supply with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/08/26/fda-blood-donations-zika-virus/89404204/

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Devastating bird flu strain found in US wild duck, USDA says

The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.

The USDA said it detected the H5N2 strain of the disease in a wild duck in Alaska as part of surveillance testing it has been conducting on birds since last year's devastating outbreak. That strain has not been found in any wild birds or poultry since June 2015, according to the agency.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/08/26/devastating-bird-flu-strain-found-in-u-s-wild-duck-usda-says.html

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Good news, he pulled thru. :)

This brain-eating amoeba kills 97 percent of the people it infects. Not Sebastian DeLeon.

When his headache became so excruciatingly painful he couldn’t stand to be touched, the parents of 16-year-old Sebastian DeLeon started researching hospitals.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/24/this-brain-eating-amoeba-kills-97-percent-of-the-people-it-infects-not-sebastian-deleon/

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Study.

Zika Seems to Thrive in the Vagina

It was just last month that the first case of a woman spreading Zika sexually to her male partner was documented, and around the same time that a study found the virus in a woman’s cervical mucus 11 days after infection. Before that, most of the talk about sexual transmission of the normally mosquito-borne virus focused on semen, where Zika can survive for a long time. (A recent report puts it at up to six months.)

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/08/zika-seems-to-thrive-in-the-vagina/497240/

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Zika in the news.


New Case of Local Zika Infection Reported in Florida

HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Yet another case of local Zika infection has been reported in Florida, this time in Palm Beach County.

This latest report brings the total number of local infections in the state to 43, state health officials said in a statement Wednesday.

And that total will probably climb far higher by summer's end, scientists predicted Wednesday.

http://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2016-08-25/new-case-of-local-zika-infection-reported-in-florida

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HIV effort let down by test shortages, says WHO

A shortage of HIV testing could undermine global efforts to diagnose and treat people with the infection, warn experts from the World Health Organization.

They looked at responses to annual surveys that the WHO had sent to 127 countries between 2012 and 2014 asking about capacity and usage of blood tests that check HIV status and health.

They found worrying gaps in provision.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37168771

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Well 425klm well the cats out of the bag now .

you have no choice but to start the release of the modified mozzie .

Modern transport is a wonder allows hich hikers to travel a long way in a short time

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Florida announces Zika case hundreds of miles from Miami

Florida officials on Tuesday announced the first case of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes in Pinellas County, located some 265 miles (425 km) from Miami, where the first locally transmitted U.S. cases were reported.

Steve Huard, acting spokesman for Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, said the case involves a woman without a significant travel history, indicating the virus was contracted locally.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-florida-idUSKCN10Y1OO

I hope it doesn't come here I people aren't vaccinated here for yellow fever so someone better start making another 22 mil doses just in case it does come here .

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As globe-threatening yellow fever epidemic explodes in Congo, people ask ‘where is the vaccine?’

KINSHASA, Congo — Here in Kinshasa, they’re using bug spray to repel a pandemic.

At first glance, it looks like a bloody ambush on civilians: Dozens in uniform are storming into a bustling marketplace bearing on their shoulders what look like bazookas.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/22/as-congos-globe-threatening-yellow-fever-pandemic-explodes-they-ask-where-is-the-vaccine/

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:-(

R.I.P.

Smallpox eradication 'giant' Donald Henderson dies at 87


US doctor and epidemiologist Donald Henderson, who led a successful campaign to wipe out smallpox worldwide, has died at the age of 87.

Hailed as a "giant" in the field of public health for his work in the 1960s and 70s, Henderson died of complications after breaking a hip.

One of the world's deadliest diseases, smallpox killed hundreds of millions of people in the last century alone.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37149900

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Not only Zika but Malaria as well!
Could it be related to global warming and when mosquitos thrives in a warmer and more humid climate?
Silly me. Of course it is.
The last case of malaria in Sweden occurred in 1933 and before that it was a rather common disease.

Greece bans blood donations in 12 districts over malaria - reports

Twelve districts of Greece have banned blood donations because of malaria, with four cases this year contracted domestically, local media report.

In the 61 other cases recorded, the sufferers became infected on the Indian subcontinent and African states, where the disease is endemic.

The districts affected stretch from the Peloponnese to Thessaloniki.

Domestic cases were first reported four years ago - nearly four decades after the disease was wiped out in Greece.

Budget cuts saw municipal spraying schemes to combat mosquito-borne diseases being cut back.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37148958

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Zika may damage brain cells in adults, say scientists

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (Xinhua) — The Zika virus is known to cause microcephaly and other brain abnormalities in developing foetuses, but new research in mice out last Thursday showed that adult brain cells critical to learning and memory may be vulnerable to infection as well.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Zika-may-damage-brain-cells-in-adults--say-scientists_71223

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NIH official: Don’t expect ‘broad’ Zika outbreak despite Florida cases; disease could hang around

The National Institutes of Health’s director of infectious diseases said Sunday he still doesn’t expect widespread transmission of the Zika virus in the continental U.S., though states like Louisiana and Texas should brace themselves for the type of small, mosquito-borne outbreaks that have struck South Florida.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/21/nih-official-dont-expect-broad-zika-outbreak-despi/

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A new type of head lice that has shown to be resistant to the usual forms of treatment have been discovered in infestations recorded in 48 states, according to researchers, giving parents something else to think about as the school year gets underway.

NEWS FLASH

"Good news for the local hair dressing trade as people are forced to march there children down to the hair dresser to have there heads shaved to combat Super Lice . The work load is so heavy there is a boom in apprenticeships . Youth unemployment has vastly improved and all thanks to the new Super Lice ,"

News Flash

Donald Trumps takes credit for new Super Lice and the sudden boom in youth employment his quote " I told you all to trust me I will fix all problems . I had one of my Company's develop this Super Lice so we can get the country moving and get our youth back to work "

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