Happy National Influenza Vaccination Week! Don’t worry, the action items for this week are easier to do than it is to say!
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Our Chief Nurse Sharon Stanley will be answering any questions you have about H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccinations. She’ll be available for this live online chat right here on our blog.
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… so important we want you to know how.
CPR.
It’s never too early to be prepared. Check out all these babies saving their dolls’ lives!
Are you trained? Our chapters offer courses to learn how to give infant and child CPR and much more.
>> Real life kids saving kids story
Baby CPR from Kate [...]
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While browsing my Popular Science Magazine listserv around NYE*, I was blown away by 2009’s incredible offerings of science, technology and more. So, for Red Cross blog readers near and far, I now give you my prepare-aphernalia wish list for the Red Cross!
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The 10 blog posts you all visited the most this year.
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Twitter-sized news from Red Cross chapters around the country today
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We love CPR LOLcats, LOLdogs, and LOLsquirrels here at headquarters. Have you seen any we’ve missed?
>> Get Trained
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CPR: CPR saves cat after home fire in Omaha
[Contact your local chapter to sign up for Pet CPR and First Aid courses]
World AIDS Day: December 1 is World AIDS Day. Twitter is turning #RED, Red Cross is helping on the ground
[More about Red Cross HIV/AIDS programs around the world]
Holiday Giving: Holiday Giving is on our [...]
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We here at headquarters thank you all for being a part of the American Red Cross.
You probably know what we’re up to for Thanksgiving this year (Holiday Mail for Heroes & Holiday Giving Campaign, of course), but I thought it might be a nice time to look back at what this organization has done on [...]
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We try to keep up with news that affects our mission on the web. Here, we share some of the links we’ve found particularly helpful or interesting.
How the H1N1 vaccine is made on Kottke.org
[the more we know, the better we can prepare]
Flutracker map on Rhiza
[easy to read and frequently updated map of H1N1's spread]
The world’s [...]
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