Technological advances and new tools may offer the best chance to help underdeveloped blood deserts in the short term.

A hospital patient died after receiving a unit of blood platelets tainted with E. coli bacteria, the Community Blood Center in Kansas City said. The Food and Drug Administration determined the ...

Blood transfusions have been one of the most incredible medical advancements in human history, saving countless lives. The ...

Craig Melvin, a long-time blood donor, is rolling up his sleeve on live TV for a good cause. The TODAY show co-anchor knows ...

Transfusion medicine is the branch of medicine dealing with the removal and/or transfusion of blood or blood components, including aspects related to hemovigilance. Transfusions between donors and ...

A heart patient at Bengaluru carries a never-before-seen blood group, which has now been named CRIB, leaving doctors stunned ...

Louisville Metro EMS just marked 100 days of having access to blood before a patient gets to the hospital. Earlier this ...

According to the Red Cross, the supplier of 40% of the nation's blood supply, nearly 7,000 units of platelets and 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed daily.

HCA Midwest uses blood plasma transfusion for COVID-19 patient People who have recovered from the novel coronavirus could help others battling COVID-19 by donating their plasma.

Blood may be free in public hospitals, but low supplies leave Zimbabweans borrowing money to pay for private stocks.

An ongoing shortage of donated blood is prompting blood donation organizations to put out the call for blood donors. In this conversation with Dr. Sandhya Panch, a hematologist and medical director of ...