https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Several Swedish cities and municipalities have warned of a blood shortage, due to a combination of factors including summer holidays and recent knife attacks. https://www.thelocal.se/20190725/sweden-calls-for-more-donors-as-knife-crime-and-holidays-lead-to-blood-shortage Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:45:58 +0200 sweden-calls-for-more-donors-as-knife-crime-and-holidays-lead-to-blood-shortage Sweden is facing a severe shortage of blood in the country's most populous regions. https://www.thelocal.se/20190507/sweden-calls-for-donations-amid-shortage-of-blood-in-cities Tue, 07 May 2019 10:25:28 +0200 sweden-calls-for-donations-amid-shortage-of-blood-in-cities A Swedish court has ruled that Västerbotten County must share its blood-donor registry in order for researchers to track down donors whose blood may be linked to a lung condition that can be fatal. https://www.thelocal.se/20130429/47612 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:43:00 +0200 47612 A Swedish court has banned medical researchers from speaking with donors whose blood may have triggered a potentially fatal lung condition. https://www.thelocal.se/20121121/44562 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:36:00 +0100 44562 Soon parents may be able to perform a simple blood test to determine whether or not their children have autism, thanks to new findings from Swedish researchers. https://www.thelocal.se/20120329/39978 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:47:00 +0200 39978 A rocket carrying newly drawn blood is to be sent into space from the Esrange space centre in Kiruna, in the far north of Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120211/39048 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:45:00 +0100 39048 The 22-year-old animal rights activist, suspected of arson and of writing threatening letters, sometimes penned in his own blood, has been sentenced to three years in prison. https://www.thelocal.se/20120118/38580 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:50:00 +0100 38580 A 21-year-old animal rights activist is being prosecuted at the Gothenburg District Court, suspected of arson and writing threat letters, sometimes in his own blood. https://www.thelocal.se/20111028/37022 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:49:00 +0200 37022 Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden has launch a massive social media campaign to encourage blood donors to help meet a shortage. https://www.thelocal.se/20111005/36550 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:26:00 +0200 36550 A single organ transplant operation in Gothenburg emptied blood supplies throughout southern Sweden, forcing the hospital to buy blood from Finland. https://www.thelocal.se/20110502/33526 Mon, 02 May 2011 14:27:00 +0200 33526 A Swedish football striker was attacked by a gang of women following a dispute over a food order at a Gothenburg café early on Sunday morning, according to a media report on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110207/31876 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:20:00 +0100 31876 A stage guard had part of his ear bitten off during a concert by US hard-rock legends W.A.S.P. in Örebro, Sweden on Friday after he was attacked by a drunk 40-year-old man. https://www.thelocal.se/20101016/29650 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:58:00 +0200 29650 A campaign launched with the intention of attracting blood donors in Gothenburg has been scrapped after recipients reacted in horror to its "threatening and frightening" message. https://www.thelocal.se/20101005/29426 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:48:00 +0200 29426 Gay men in Sweden are to be permitted to donate blood provided they have not had sex with another man for at least a year, according to a new health board ruling. https://www.thelocal.se/20091201/23590 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:29:00 +0100 23590 Swedish journalist Donald Boström told an angry audience in Israel on Monday that he stood by his calls for an investigation into allegations that the Israeli army harvested the organs of dead Palestinians. https://www.thelocal.se/20091102/23020 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:06:00 +0100 23020 Dozens of Israeli protesters on Sunday expressed their anger at the arrival of controversial Swedish journalist Donald Boström, who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians. https://www.thelocal.se/20091102/23010 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0100 23010 Uppsala University Hospital has been forced to put operations on hold due to a shortage of blood. https://www.thelocal.se/20090526/19674 Tue, 26 May 2009 13:06:00 +0200 19674 The risk of being infected by HIV may be determined by the presence of a molecule in a person’s blood cells, according to a discovery made by Swedish scientists working as part of an international research team. https://www.thelocal.se/20090112/16862 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:24:00 +0100 16862 Blood-sucking vampire moths (calyptra thalictri) native to Asia and southern Europe have been spotted in Sweden for the first time this summer. https://www.thelocal.se/20080729/13338 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +0200 13338 Blood transfusions from donors who later go on to develop cancer do not increase the risk of the recipient developing cancer, a new Swedish-Danish study has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20070518/7341 Fri, 18 May 2007 12:41:00 +0200 7341