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Calling All Blood Donors …

MONDAY, Jan. 14, 2019 — The holidays, winter weather and the flu season have all prompted a blood shortage, the American Red Cross warns. The organization said Monday it had about 27,000 fewer blood and platelet donations than needed over Christmas and New Year’s. People nationwide, especially those with type O blood, are urged to

Woman, 68, receives her lung donor’s peanut allergy

Woman, 68, who received a lung transplant develops her donor’s peanut allergy in ‘very rare’ phenomenon The unnamed patient, from San Diego, had never had a reaction to nuts before When doctors heard a sandwich triggered her symptoms they were suspicious Nut allergies are only believed to have been passed on four or five times