Tag: Blood
Call for urgent blood donors in Cairns
The Red Cross Blood Service is calling on residents living outside Cairns to urgently donate blood and help replenish dwindling supplies.[MORE]
Another 15 dengue fever cases confirmed in Cairns
Queensland Health says that over the Christmas long weekend another 15 people in Cairns have been notified they have type 3 dengue fever, pushing the number up to 56 confirmed cases.[MORE]
4th family suing over Mt Isa lead levels
A fourth family has begun legal action against Xstrata over high lead levels in Mount Isa.[MORE]
Tigers fear for Mackinnon's future
The Melbourne Tigers fear the basketball career of star forward Sam Mackinnon might be over after he was diagnosed with a recurrence of blood clots on his lungs.[MORE]
Blood service discrimination case winds up
A lawyer for the Australian Red Cross Blood Service says changing policy to allow gay men to donate blood would be irresponsible.[MORE]
Melbourne Cup blamed for blood shortage
The Red Cross Blood Service is calling for new donors to boost blood supplies across New South Wales.[MORE]
Blood stocks dangerously low: Red Cross
The Red Cross says a severe winter colds season has left blood stocks dangerously low in Victoria ahead of summer.[MORE]
Health officials to meet Rosebery residents
Public Health officials are to meet three Rosebery residents concerned about water that has been seeping from around their west coast homes.[MORE]
3rd Mt Isa family seeks lead exposure damages
The family of a third child who is thought to have suffered from lead exposure in Mt Isa is seeking damages.[MORE]
Miner wants children's blood lead levels re-tested
Mining giant Xstrata has urged parents in Mt Isa, in north-west Queensland, to have their children re-tested to find out if high lead blood levels are persisting.[MORE]
Qld Health monitoring lead levels in Mt Isa kids
Queensland Health says it is continuing to monitor a further five children in Mt Isa, who have lead levels in their blood higher than recommended by the World Health Organisation.[MORE]
Hope for Lupus sufferers
A new joint project between the Launceston General Hospital and the University of Tasmania is hoping to find the cause of blood clots in people with Lupus.[MORE]
Red Cross anti-discrimination hearing continues
A HIV expert has told a Hobart Anti-Discrimination tribunal that risk assessment of blood donors is done on the basis of extreme conservatism.[MORE]
Allowing gay blood donors could reduce supplies: expert
An Australian blood bank expert says changing the donor policy to allow sexually-active gay men to give blood could reduce the nation's blood supply.[MORE]
Gay blood donations 'a leap in the dark'
A Canadian risk analysis expert has given evidence at the hearing of a discrimination complaint in Hobart against the Red Cross Blood Service.[MORE]
Risky sex not common: Witness
A social researcher has told an anti-discrimination hearing in Hobart that only a small proportion of the gay community engages in risky unsafe sex.[MORE]
Gay discrimination claim against blood bank
Gay man accuses Red Cross of discrimination for refusing to allow him to donate blood.[MORE]
Fed Govt criticised for pathology funding cut back
Cowper MP Luke Hartsuyker has accused the Federal Government of cutting back pathology services on the mid-north coast.[MORE]
Blood carcinogen scare in Gladstone
An interstate academic says blood donated from the Gladstone region needs to be more rigorously tested or temporarily halted by the Red Cross.[MORE]
Dengue carrying mosquito could threaten Melbourne
Researchers says outbreaks of the potentially deadly dengue fever could strike as far south as Melbourne if a mosquito breed invades Australia's mainland.[MORE]
Red Cross calls for urgent blood donations
The Red Cross Blood Service says it urgently needs donors to help replenish low blood stocks.[MORE]
Mt Isa teachers consider legal action over lead levels
Queensland teachers are considering legal action over lead contamination in Mount Isa. [MORE]
Red Cross explains its new 'giving blood' policy
The Red Cross Blood Service has responded to claims of unfairness from Tasmania's homosexual community.[MORE]
Mt Isa MP plans blood test after lead lawsuit
State MP for Mount Isa Betty Kiernan says she is planning on having her blood tested for lead.[MORE]
Mount Isa children's lead levels 'not surprising'
An expert who has studied lead poisoning cases says he is not surprised high levels of lead have been found in the blood of some Mount Isa children.[MORE]
