The initiative seeks to rally citizens across the spectrum-students, professionals, workers, and volunteers-to donate blood, particularly urging individuals with blood group O, known as the ...

He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and was able to donate himself. “I get a sense of ...

These students hope that by encouraging their peers to donate blood when they are young, it will become something they do for years. “It’s good because we’re young and healthy and it builds ...

The American Red Cross will host blood drives across the Southern Tier ... If you can't make it out to donate this month, the Red Cross will be offering $20 gift cards to select stores and a ...

“Blood can’t be manufactured, so that’s why it’s important for people to come out, give their time, and, like you said, ‘roll up their sleeve’ to donate blood if they’re able.

or concerns that their blood might not be suitable. For this reason, it often takes extra encouragement for them to take the first step. At the same time, some young people are unable to donate for ...

Men who have sex with men can now donate blood without being discriminated by their sexual orientation under the American Red Cross' updated screening process. The implementation of the federal ...

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is the first in the world to allow people with an inherited iron blood disorder called hemochromatosis to donate both blood and plasma. People with this disease ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Our Blood Institute (OBI) is asking healthy, eligible individuals to donate as seasonal illnesses take a toll on blood donations. According to OBI, as Oklahoma deals with ...

Blood banks in Washington are asking residents to donate blood after supplies reached low levels in January, according to the Washington State Department of Health. The department said the cold ...

YEAH. SO EVEN IN CAR CRASHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CONTINUOUSLY DONATE BLOOD, HOW LONG DO THEY NEED TO WAIT TO DONATE TO BLOOD AFTER THEY DONATE? FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE TODAY?

"When we need blood, it would really suck if we go back and grab some, and there's none to be had," he said. Roughly 3% of eligible people donate blood each year, according to the American Red Cross.