Charity News from Friday, May. 28, 2004CRS Allocates $200,000 for Relief Efforts in Haiti and the Dominican RepublicCatholic Relief Services | Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today announced an additional allocation of $200,000 in private funds to assist in relief and rehabilitation efforts after severe flooding on the island of Hispaniola. City of Hope Seeks Volunteers for a Virus Study City of Hope | City of Hope's bone marrow and stem cell transplant program is seeking healthy adults 18 to 65 years old for a study of vaccines against a virus called Cytomegalovirus (CMV), which can cause post-treatment infection in some cancer patients. Benefits of Screening for Lung Cancer With CT Are Not Proven Duke University Medical Center | The medical literature does not support the widely held belief that an advanced screening technique called "CT" (computed tomography) can save lives simply because it detects lung cancers at a smaller size than other screening techniques. Carr's Wash for Kids a big win for Mott University of Michigan Health System | The Wolverine football program will team with C.S. Mott Children's Hospital on June 12, for the U-M Football -- Carr's Wash for Kids sponsored by Michigan International Speedway to benefit the campaign for a new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. $1 Million Grant to Fund HIV Care for the Uninsured Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has awarded a three-year $1.1 million grant to the Infectious Disease Clinic at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Cervical Cancer Genetics Study Seeks Volunteers Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Washington University School of Medicine researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center are seeking the participation of cervical cancer patients in a search for genes that increase a woman's risk of cancer. Hurricane Season Begins June 1 – Still Time to Prepare American Red Cross | Hurricane season begins on Tuesday, and 60 percent of those most at-risk are unprepared, according to a national poll released by the American Red Cross. But the good news is there's still time to prepare.
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