Red Cross fined $4.2 mln over blood safety
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The U.S. government fined the   American Red Cross $4.2 million for failing to ask blood donors   proper screening questions and skipping other steps meant to   keep the blood supply safe, officials said on Friday.
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State regulators fined the Charleston Fire Department and a furniture store Thursday for violating safety standards in a blaze that killed nine firefighters.
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Japanese lawmakers pass a bill compensating people infected with hepatitis C by tainted blood products.
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China's efforts to clean up an unsafe blood supply chain, blamed for many HIV infections, has led to a severe shortage of an effective hemophilia drug and put tens of thousands of patients in danger.
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By Thursday, just four days after a powerful tsunami hit countries in southern Asia and eastern Africa, Americans had contributed more than $18 million to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
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Scotland's medical schools are given Â£4.4m to identify the risks of developing genetic diseases.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8  /PRNewswire/ -- As the holiday season moves into full swing, the American Red Cross urges families to follow simple safety tips to keep the season merry and to prevent burnouts due to holiday fires.
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Blood transfusion chiefs worry people could be put off donating by reports of blood being destroyed.
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The Red Cross federation, the world's biggest humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it had raised a record &#36;1.167 billion in just 30 days for victims of the Asian tsunami, enough to fund a 10-year recovery plan.
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Government health officials are investigating if a Chinese factory may be a source of problems with a Baxter International blood thinner linked to hundreds of reports of allergic reactions and four deaths.
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NEW YORK - Insurance payments to victims of Hurricane Frances are expected to reach $4.4 billion, making it the fourth most costly storm in US history, an insurance industry group said Thursday.
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A study aimed at determining if some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped getting the procedure suffered strokes and others developed a high chance of strokes.
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A study aimed at determining whether some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped
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Tainted-blood victims with hepatitis C are outraged at a new Ontario government program to prevent and treat their deadly illness, saying it falls millions short of the money they were promised years ago.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Jacksonville Jaguars safety Donovin Darius was slapped with a $75,000 fine for the vicious forearm shot he delivered to Green Bay Packers wide receiver Robert Ferguson this past Sunday.
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Oct 06  - Giving blood transfusions to anemic patients who are hospitalized with severe acute heart pain or a heart attack may increase their risk of dying, according to a new report.
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OTTAWA - A compensation fund for people who contracted hepatitis C through tainted blood between 1986 and 1990 could be extended to those who got the disease outside that time frame, the federal health minister said Wednesday.