August 3, 2010 - The next Parents' Conference Call with CAF Social Worker Kathleen Durst is scheduled for Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. (EST) and will focus on Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT).

August 3, 2010 - A new report from the Commonwealth Fund, entitled "Health Insurance Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act: Key Policy Issues," looks at one key component of recent health care reform legislation.

July 29, 2010 - Save the date!  The Long Island chapter of CAF has decided on November 20, 2010 as the date for the 50th Anniversary Gift of Life Ball.

July 28, 2010 - The Queens chapter of CAF will hold its annual golf outing on September 13 and its Cigar Night on October 4.

July 27, 2010 - The Staten Island chapter of CAF has scheduled a blood drive on Sunday, August 15 from 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Pity Church.

July 27, 2010 - Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale, directed by Marilyn Ness, a documentary ten years in the making, will premiere the week of July 26 in New York City as the launch of a multi-city theatrical screening series co-hosted by a coalition of national gay rights and hemophilia advocacy groups including Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), Committee of Ten Thousand (COTT), Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA), National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), and World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH).

July 26, 2010 - The New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies square off against each other on August 13 at New York's Citi Field.  Now you can see this exciting game from great seats - and fight thalassemia at the same time.

July 21, 2010 - Postings in two blogs today are helping to spread information about thalassemia.

July 21, 2010 - The 20th annual International Conference on Chelation (ICOC) will be held October 22-25, 2010 in Grand Rapids, MI.