Tribe Demands Its Fair Shake for Blood Samples
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By LARRY ROHTER  By LARRY ROHTER   New York Times News Service  KYOWA, Brazil  As the Karitiana Indians remember it, the first researchers to draw their blood came here in the late 1970s, shortly after their Amazon tribe began sustained contact with the outside world.
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A public inquiry is to be held into why contaminated blood products were given in the 70s and 80s.
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The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) will comment on the racial profiling of blood donors after they hold a meeting with the department of health on Saturday.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal parolees may be required to provide blood samples for a national DNA database used to solve crimes, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled yesterday.
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State and federal health authorities  were trying on Wednesday to determine the cause of an outbreak  that has sickened about 1,000 people who visited an Ohio island  getaway in Lake Erie.
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WASHINGTON - Scientists are asking sisters of women diagnosed with breast cancer to donate samples of blood, urine, toenails and household dust to investigate causes of the disease.
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TORONTO (CP) - New Canada-wide standards for handling blood were released Wednesday, even though officials insisted there's nothing wrong with the current system.
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MASHPEE - Political turmoil in the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has continued to escalate, with more than 100 tribal members submitting a petition this week to the Tribal Council, demanding a meeting to discuss investigations into tribal finances and other controversies.
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The first test to screen potential blood donors for a tropical disease that has stealthily infected as many as 100,000 Hispanic immigrants gained federal approval Wednesday.
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The government is set to act against profiteering from blood that is donated by the public for free. Humphrey Zokufa, a chief director in the national department of health, said the government intended to
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. Michigan officials are questioning plans for a 350-bed hospital in suburban Detroit sponsored by an American Indian tribe.
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Johannesburg - In Britain, people who have had sex with a South African cannot donate blood for a year after the last sexual encounter, because of the risk of their blood being contaminated with the HI virus.
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Sacramento -- The Indian tribe that caused an uproar with its plans for a mammoth, 5,000-slot casino in the center of San Pablo has offered to scale back its ambitions and accept a deal for only half as many machines, tribal leaders advised the governor
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First it was racial profiling, now the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is facing criticism over its policy of identifying whether donors are engaging in homosexual sex.
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A Native American tribe is alarmed at the upcoming sale of a piece of the Willamette Meteorite.
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CALGARY - Zoo officials hope a special blood transfusion will give a baby elephant the infection-fighting antibodies it needs that it would normally get from mothers milk.
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World Series MVP Mike Lowell is willing to give blood if that's what it takes to be tested for human growth hormone. But only if the test is 100 percent accurate. Not 99 percent.