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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The American Red Cross will be introducing a new, noninvasive way to screen blood beginning in April.
“The the Red Cross is going to a new noninvasive health screening,” said Jenny Lester, regional philanthropy officer for the American Red Cross. “So instead of the old needle stick, which actually does kind of hurt more than the actual the blood drawing itself, we’ll be going to a monitoring system. So it’ll just be a little device that goes on your finger and checks for your hemoglobin levels and health screens.”…