How the New Healthcare Law Can Help You Much of the federal healthcare reform that passed in March 2010 will not take effect until 2014. However, key parts... Read More Insurance What The Healthcare Reform Means To Hemophilia Patients While national healthcare reform passed in March, implementing it will occur in stages. The legislation is detailed and has many... Read More Advocacy, Insurance XMRV: A Small Virus Causes Large Controversy Update: On May 31, 2011, the journal Science published two papers online that it says cast doubt on the link... Read More Blood Safety Social Workers Soak Up Insurance Information In April, 40 social workers from hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) had the opportunity to network, learn and exchange best practices... Read More Insurance Awareness 101 In each issue of HemAware, we “Take 5” with people in the bleeding disorders community and spotlight their efforts with... Read More Advocacy, My Journey Blood Donor Rules Upheld by Federal Advisory Committee A federal advisory committee has recommended that the US Food and Drug Administration’s lifetime ban on blood donations from men... Read More Blood Safety Hemophilia Leadership Group Created A select group of hemophilia community leaders visited the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) national offices in New York City in... Read More Adults & Aging, Hemophilia A&B, Advocacy, Community in Action Hemophilia and Legislative Advocacy Dave Meuleman, a materials engineer in his 50s from Canton, Michigan, stepped outside his comfort zone when he sat down... Read More Adults & Aging, Advocacy Q&A: Brian Ward, president of Hemophilia and Bleeding Disorders of Alabama In each issue of HemAware , we take a look at how local NHF chapters and associations are making a... Read More Advocacy, Chapter Roundup FDA Recommends Screening Blood Products for Parvovirus B19 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recommendation in July 2009 that makers of plasma-derived products, which include... Read More Blood Safety Healthcare Reform Passes For the latest updates on the passage of healthcare reform, see the NHF Web site. See also: Hemophilia and Healthcare... Read More Advocacy The State of Healthcare Reform See also: NHF Community Meets with Congress. Read More Advocacy Load More
