March 3, 2010 - Get your tastebuds ready: The 12th Annual Culinary Classico "Year 2010 Dine Around" is coming on April 6, courtesy of the New York State Grand Lodge of OSIA (Order Sons of Italy in America).

March 2, 2010 – There is typically a shortage of donated blood in the United States, and researchers at Case Western Reserve University are looking for ways of improving the life-saving supply.

February 28, 2010 - In October, 2009, more than 300 doctors, scientists, health care providers and members of the thalassemia community attended the 9th Cooley's Anemia Symposium, a joint venture between CAF and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).

March 1, 2010 - Beautiful voices and beautiful art come together to help those with thalassemia, thanks to our friends at the John Michael Marino Lodge #1389 of OSIA (Order Sons of Italy in America). 

February 25, 2010 - The FDA and Novartis Oncology have announced new prescribing information for deferasirox (Exjade) because of recent findings that the drug may cause renal, hepatic and gastrointestinal damage.

February 25, 2010 - A "Beef & Beer" benefit will be held Saturday, April 24, from 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm at the L.R.B. Sons of Italy in Ambler, PA.

February 26, 2010 - Want a swinging way to fight thalassemia? Come swing a few clubs at the Staten Island chapter's 2010 Charity Golf Outing on April 28.

February 25, 2010 - "Switching Globin Genes On and Off: Lessons from Thalassemia" is the title of a lecture to be given Tuesday, March 2 at 4:00 p.m. at the New York Blood Center.

February 24, 2010 - Medical researchers are developing a new surveillance system to determine the number of patients diagnosed with a family of inherited blood disorders known as hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell disease, thalassemias, and hemoglobin E disease.

February 12, 2010 - Time to don those pearls and that little black dress (ladies) or that to-die-for blazer (men) and hurry on to the Long Island chapter's blissful "Brunch at Tiffany's" on March 21.