"It feels like glass running through your veins." Faith Adjei-Sarpong lives with sickle cell disease and, like many others ...
Their makers claim they can detect dozens of cancer types — but some scientists say they could be missing many cancers or ...
Only 5–8 per cent of the population carries it. In an emergency, it is the first line of defence. We break down the genetics, donation limits, and the vital role this rare blood group plays ...
Garret Vandenbelt started donating blood in the early 1980's for Rock N Roll shirts. Then the donation took on a greater ...
This month, the American Red Cross of Utah is providing blood donors with free A1C blood sugar testing, which screens for diabetes and prediabetes. The organization's previous data suggests that as ...
For a growing number of Americans, rolling up their sleeves has become less about charity and more about cash. Across the ...
A nationwide blood shortage is impacting Tulsa patients like Shagah Zakerion, a cancer patient who relies on regular transfusions and is now urging more people to donate.
A nationwide blood shortage is impacting Tulsa patients like Shagah Zakerion, a cancer patient who relies on regular transfusions and is now urging more people to donate.
A La Crosse woman whose life was saved by a stem cell transplant is now working to help others find the same second chance, by encouraging more people to join ...
Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to routine in the United States, a new study shows. This shift over the past 25 ...
Meg Rossman, communications manager for the American Red Cross Western New York Region, said severe winter storms and an active flu season have significantly disrupted donations.
I remember the first pint of blood I ever donated was in the basement of the old Lynn Hospital on Boston Street. I don’t ...