World & Nation
Federal authorities have told blood centers in two Florida counties to suspend collections amid investigations into four mysterious cases of Zika infection that may be the first spread by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland.
July 28, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.
Aug. 26, 2016
The biopsies and blood tests completed, and Zainab Mughal’s rare blood mutation explained, her parents came to grips with the sudden complication in their daughter’s cancer fight.
Dec. 5, 2018
Travel & Experiences
You can feel cold if you live in a warm climate, but it may not mean what you think
Jan. 25, 2011
The space shuttle Columbia’s astronauts got a respite from being poked with needles as their two-week medical research mission neared the halfway point. officials at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center said.
Oct. 25, 1993
Shopping malls, grocery stores, hospitals, housing developments -- even entertainers -- are shoring up support for Central Florida social agencies struggling to fill unprecedented demands for food, financial aid and clothing from victims of Hurricane Charley.
Aug. 21, 2004
The regional office of the American Red Cross on Wednesday reported its most critical blood shortage in three years, forcing changes in surgical schedules and threatening care at 93 hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Jan. 4, 1990
A medical investigation linking the AIDS infections of two more patients to a Florida dentist who died of the deadly disease indicates that contaminated instruments may have been the source of the transmission, a federal health official said.
June 14, 1991
Health officials Saturday tested white particles found in donated blood to determine what they are and where they came from, though they weren’t considered to be dangerous.
Feb. 2, 2003
Hospitals in Georgia and northern Florida were warned Friday to temporarily stop using some blood from the American Red Cross because it was feared to be contaminated by mysterious white particles.
Feb. 1, 2003