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Charity or Con?
One hundred victims of Hurricane Katrina were supposed to have their homes rebuilt because of a multi-million dollar charity, but families were left homeless and the money was unaccounted. The charity, "100 Homes, 100 Days," was a partnership of national charities like the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and local charities, collecting more than $3 million.
Tags: homeowner; hurricane relief; donation; donate; natural disaster; Home Depot; Pascagoula;
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Sept. 11 Donors a Windfall for Blood Trade
A Palm Beach Post investigation reveals that "much of the blood that Americans donated to victims of the Sept. 11 attacks ended up being sold to multinational companies and other countries. A month after the attacks, U.S. blood exports jumped 48 percent to $90 million, the highest monthly total on record. American blood industry officials don't want to talk about overseas shipments, fearing the psychological fallout resulting from the over-collection and export of Sept. 11 blood would discourage donors, who are routinely told their blood will stay in the community."
Tags: Americans; blood donation; American Red Cross; export; September 11; terrorist attacks
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Blood Errors
The series -- the result of an intensive Freedom of Information battle with the Food and Drug Administration -- "was two-pronged: an initial (three-part) series found hundreds of hospital patients across the U.S. had died following blood transfusions. The investigation found that "hospital labs mislabeled blood, nurses transfused it into the wrong patients, phlebotomists drew blood samples from the wrong people and, in some cases, deadly contaminated blood was transfused into patients." A secondary investigation "developed as an offshoot of the series. A special blood plasma made on Long Island and sold by the American Red Cross to thousands of hospitals was killing liver transplant patients." Newsday documented 16 deaths in liver transplant patients and found that the plasma was deficient in a crucial protein, making it especially dangerous to people with liver disease.
Tags: blood; hospitals; medicine; American Red Cross; transfusions; Long Island; plasma; Food and Drug Administration; FDA; FOIA; database mapping project
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A Backcountry Town Takes on the Red Cross
An overview of the way the San Diego Red Cross chapter channeled donations and handled the disaster relief for victims of the Alpine fire. The series concentrate on the accountancy of the donations and the 10 months struggle of the victims to obtain explanations from the Red Cross. It also opens an inside view to the procedures of the Red Cross and especially of the San Diego chapter and the practices of its CEO, Dodie Rotherham.
Tags: CAR; Dodie Rotherham; fire; Red Cross chapter; disaster relief; funding; donations; American red Cross; Alpine; Bernadine Healy.
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Independent Report Critical of Red Cross Management
The accounting and auditing firm of the American Red Cross conducted a confidential review of its management and handling of finances. Both were reported as severely deficient (as much as 25% of the money in the disaster relief fund was unaccounted for). The firm provided the charity a confidential 600-page report. Though they were not legally required to release the report, the NonProfit Times obtained a copy.
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Mother Jones details Bob Dole's long history of providing political protection to the tobacco industry and spotlights the tobacco-affiliated advisors in his campaign and their often ruthless political maneuverings. (May/June 1996)
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Blood on the Campaign Trail
The Nation investigates numerous conflicts of interest arising from Elizabeth Dole's heading of the American Red Cross before and during her husband Bob Dole's bid for presidential election. Dole used her position of power in the organization to guide important Red Cross actions, both managerial and scientific, with a political sensitivity to what might help or hurt Bob Dole's presidential ambitions. (July 1, 1996)
Tags: Heller Blood on the campaign trail AIDS Christian Coalition 10 pgs.
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Money Magazine's investigation found that reasons for continued HIV transmission include inherent flaws in the screening test most commonly used in blood banks. The story concluded that American Red Cross and other blood banking leaders and FDA regulators have not done all they can do to reduce the odds of acquiring HIV through blood products. The article also makes recommendations that would improve the safety of blood supply, May 1994.
Tags: NY Rock American Red Cross Blood banks Transfusions 9 pages
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No title (id: 7324)
Pittsburgh Press investigates the American Red Cross; while in most cases the Red Cross response was nearly flawless, in others there were long delays, lack of cooperation, discrimination in providing assistance to minorities and poor people, a cumbersome bureaucracy and other problems, Aug. 5 - 10, 1990.
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