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"This is not a prayer service. It is a gathering of support for our Ukrainian brothers and sisters," said Becky Ronkowski, event organizer.
More than 100,000 people are waiting for a lifesaving transplant, and more than 20 people die daily because they didn’t receive the organ they need in time, according to Donate Life America, a nonprofit organization that highlights the need for donated organs, eyes and tissues.
During Julie Weighter’s eighth-grade year at St. Mary’s in 1962, she became ill and was diagnosed with renal kidney disease, spending four and a half months in Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks.
Grand Forks County is about 50% of the way to herd immunity, but vaccine hesitancy could be a challenge The number of people in northeastern North Dakota who indicated that they were unwilling to receive a COVID-19 vaccine could shrink the figurative pool of people Grand Forks County public health workers hope to vaccinate to achieve herd immunity. 9:35 pm, Apr. 19, 2021 × The large number of people who have said they are skeptical of a COVID-19 vaccine means Grand Forks County is approaching a ceiling of sorts as public health workers seek to achieve herd immunity. A t...
Grand Forks man with transplanted heart reminds community of need for organ donors More than 100,000 people are waiting for a lifesaving transplant, and more than 20 people die daily because they didn’t receive the organ they need in time, according to Donate Life America, a nonprofit organization that highlights the need for donated organs, eyes and tissues. 7:00 am, Apr. 16, 2021 × Retired UND music professor Mike Blake remains grateful for the gift of a donor heart 26 years ago at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Blake, 69, gives 20 percussion lessons a week and wa...