Red Cross Seeks Bay Area Blood Donors As East Coast Cold Curbs Donations
Red Cross officials report that severe weather across much of the country is expected to create a blood shortage.
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Red Cross officials report that severe weather across much of the country is expected to create a blood shortage.
Cancer research at Stanford University received a major boost in the form of a multi-million dollar grant that will be used to study the recurrence of the disease.
Jahi McMath was taken by a critical care team and released to the coroner. The coroner then released her into the custody of her mother, Nailah Winkfield.
Covered California says on its website that health coverage will continue to take effect on Jan. 1 but the payment deadline has been extended to prevent consumers from feeling rushed to pay recently received invoices.
The Alameda County Coroner issued a death certificate Friday for Jahi McMath, a 13 year old teen left brain dead after a tonsillectomy on December 9th, despite the family's efforts to keep her on a ventilator and move her to a care facility out of state. A doctor has also been found to perform the necessary procedures before moving her.
A federal magistrate was expected to meet Friday with lawyers to try to resolve a dispute over the care of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery.
The city that topped the list with the most major violations per restaurant was Santa Clara.
The family of 13-year-old Jodi McMath is running out of time to find a new facility to take her in and keep her on a ventilator.
The family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead said late Friday that it has found a second nursing home willing to provide for her long-term care, after another facility backed out.
With its first major deadline in the past, California's health insurance exchange is urging the thousands of people who enrolled for coverage to take the next step and pay for it.
A lawyer for the family of a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy says Jahi McMath's relatives want to transfer her to a nursing home that is willing to keep caring for her.
Monday was the deadline to apply for health coverage beginning with the new year, but it was extended until Friday for those who had already started the process.
The fourth consecutive "Winter Spare the Air" alert has been issued for Thursday.
Officials with Covered California are concerned that relatively few Latinos in the state have enrolled even though more than half of the state's uninsured residents are Latino.
Friday will be the end of the grace period to get health insurance starting Jan. 1 for consumers who were frustrated in their attempts to sign up by Monday's deadline.
