Congratulations to our 2020 Platinum Scholarship Winner, Johan Diaz! Johan Diaz, of Santa Ana, California, lives with Hemophilia A, a genetic disorder caused by missing or defective factor VIII, a clotting protein. He is a freshman at the University of Southern California majoring in Biomedical Engineering, where he plans to pursue medicine. I want to become […]
Congratulations to our 2020 Gold Scholarship Winner, Asia Werner! Asia is a resilient heart transplant recipient from West Chester Ohio, and was diagnosed with Humoral Immunodeficiency in the 9th grade after repeated bouts of pneumonia and bronchitis put her in the hospital. Due to the impact of those illnesses, she also suffers from permanent lung […]
COVID-19: Coping and Daily Life Slow the spread and keep your distance between you and others is one of the best tools we have to avoid being exposed to this virus and slowing its spread locally and across the country and world. Social distancing, also called “physical distancing,” means keeping space between yourself and other people […]
How are you safely storing and disposing of your unused medication? Safely disposing of old, unneeded, or unused medication is something that is extremely important. Not disposing of medication in the proper manner can lead to drug abuse, addiction, poisoning, and may even be fatal. Making sure that unused medications are being monitored, are secure, and disposed of can help to stop these things from happening.