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When anger over everything from the killing of unarmed people of color to new restrictions on access to abortion bubbles over, many Americans act on it.
Citizens can head to the Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St., roll up their sleeves and help save a life during the ImpactLife Blood Drive 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17.
For the first time in decades, the August Beresheim House (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) will welcome guests to the Dodg…
The Community Foundation for Western Iowa, formerly Pottawattamie County Community Foundation, awarded 40 Community Impact Grants totaling a r…
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital will host its first blood drive with Nebraska Community Blood Bank from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6.
Some of the largest donations made in 2021 went to donor-advised funds, financial accounts known as DAFs.
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have figured out a way to safely give children a donor kidney without the need for immune-suppressing drugs -- an advance they hope to expand to many more kidney transplant patients in coming years.
With the release of Baz Luhrmann’s new film, “Elvis,” it’s time to get the fever.
MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Organs from donors who died of drug overdoses helped keep the number of U.S. liver transplants steady during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds.
With infant formula in short supply, a Lincoln pediatrician has set up a "formula bank" to connect donors who have supplies in their pantries with parents who need it.
Walter Hooker's boss, Andy Kaup, is donating a kidney to Hooker. The two pastors at Bellevue Christian Center shared their story with the church, which has rallied around Hooker.
Walter Hooker's boss, Andy Kaup, is donating a kidney to Hooker. The two pastors at Bellevue Christian Center shared their story with the church, which has rallied around Hooker.
Guests had an absolute blast Saturday night at the 14th annual Midlands Humane Society Gala.
Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. And it's estimated 20 patients die every day in the U.S. because of the lack of donor organs.
The community blood drive hosted by the American Legion Unit 216 took place on April 11 at the Legion. The Red Cross collected s60 units of blood.
Living donations may make some people more uneasy than donating after death, but donation organizations say they're a big part of their efforts. Here's how you can become an organ donor.
Samira Jafari is at home now resting from a surgery that saved a life -- not her own, but her colleague's.
You can wisely choose causes with the potential to do the most good in the middle of this humanitarian crisis by giving with your head as well as your heart. Here are five guidelines.
As the Iowa Board of Regents signed off Wednesday on moving forward with plans to construct a wrestling facility adjacent to Carver-Hawkeye Arena, fundraising for the project reached a milestone.
Dr. Katharine Caldwell says the transplant team refused to give up when their plane was grounded.
Midlands Community Foundation raised nearly $1.3 million over the course of its Marching Charitable Program, which ran from Nov. 30, 2021 to Jan. 5.
The Wabash Trace Nature Trail has received an influx of cash for operational needs and infrastructure repairs.
The Lewis Central Education Foundation has created two Impact Funds in partnership with the Pottawattamie County Community Foundation to encou…
The American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood in preparation for the holidays.