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Health And Fitness
Blood donation requirements change to allow for more donations
An important update is now in effect for LifeServe Blood Center who collects donations at Virginia Gay Hospital has lowered the minimum weight requirement for blood donors from 120 pounds to 110 ...
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM): Respect in Relationships
It is important for both partners to communicate openly and honestly
about their feelings in a healthy relationship. This is so neither of them
has “authority” over the other. By doing so, mut...
Give of Yourself this March: Be a Volunteer
In the month of March, LifeServe Blood Center is recognizing our volunteer chairpeople who selflessly give of their time to make sure our mobile blood drives are successful. They work to secure locati...
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM)
Did you know that 1 in 3 teens in the U.S. will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in their relationship before they become adults?It’s a reality we can’t ignore.This month is Teen Da...
Lifeserve Blood Center recognizes the volunteers in March
This March, LifeServe Blood Center celebrates our volunteer chairpeople who are instrumental in the success of the blood drives we have with businesses, churches, schools, and other organizations in t...
Schedule a blood donation for March 28 at Virginia Gay Hospital
It takes less than one hour to donate
blood and in that one hour, blood donors will do more than most will do in a lifetime – they will
save lives. Just one blood donation will help save the liv...
Nominations open for UI Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital Kid Captain
Do you know a child with an inspiring story of courage and resilience? The University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes are now accepting nominations for the...
Hawkeye Community College and Des Moines University Partner for Iowa’s Health
Des Moines University Medicine and Hawkeye Community College’s Health Sciences have formed an alliance to increase medicine and health sciences education in the state of Iowa. The partnership with H...
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Cybersecurity attack affects community-based blood centers
In response to the devastating cybersecurity attack on
New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) who has neighboring community-based blood centers
in Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Wis...
Public Health Leaders Call for RSV Protection Awareness
This month, Virginia Gay Hospital is joining forces with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) to raise awareness about the risks of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and encoura...
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