83 m. ago ‘Man with the golden arm’: Grandfather whose rare blood saved millions of babies dies aged 88

By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease

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2 h. ago ‘Man with the golden arm’: Grandfather whose rare blood saved millions of babies dies at 88

By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease

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3 h. ago Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88

James Harrison rolled up his sleeve more than 1,100 times to give his plasma, which was used in life-saving anti-D medicationJames Harrison, the Australian known as “the man with the golden arm” because of his prolific baby-saving blood donations, has died aged 88.In his lifetime, Harrison rolled up his sleeve more than 1,100 times to give his plasma which was then used in 2.4m doses of anti-D medication to save at-risk newborn babies. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago ‘Man with the golden arm’: Australian whose rare blood helped save millions of babies dies at 88

By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease

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6 h. ago Hero donor who saved millions of babies by giving blood over six decades dies

James Harrison, who was recognised by the Guinness World Records as the person who had donated the most blood plasma in the world, has passed away in New South Wales, Australia

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27 h. ago ‘Man with a golden arm’: Blood donor whose plasma helped save millions of babies dies

By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease

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6 d. ago Six babies died from cold in Gaza over two weeks, doctors say

Gaza health ministry records 15 deaths from hypothermia this winter, all of them children

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6 d. ago Medics say 6 babies have died from the cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents and rubble

Palestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip

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