Over the past week, Direct Relief sent 344 shipments of requested medical aid, containing 6.4 million defined daily doses of medication, to organizations across 39 U.S. states and territories and 18 other countries.

Shipments sent this week included rare disease medications, HPV vaccines, cancer therapies, diabetes treatments, antibiotics, and Direct Relief Midwife Kits.

Direct Relief Monitoring Red Flag Conditions in California

Southern California is bracing for the season’s first major Santa Ana wind event, with red flag warnings in effect across much of the Los Angeles area Thursday and Friday. Forecasters expect winds to gust as high as 70 mph in the mountains, with lower-lying valleys seeing gusts in the 40 to 60 mph range.…