The American Red Cross announced Monday the organization faces a blood shortage so severe it cannot provide enough blood to some hospitals that need it for patients. The Washington D.C.-based ...

The process of donating blood itself usually doesn’t take longer than 8 to 10 minutes. However, there are a few more steps you need to take before being able to donate, which include ...

According to Gladys Omwenga, a Medical Laboratory Technologist at Mama Lucy Hospital Blood ... not be suitable donors. She adds that certain groups of people cannot be allowed to donate blood ...

One pint of blood can save up to two lives. The blood you donate is filtered to take out the white cells and then spun to separate the plasma from the red cells. All units tested and found suitable ...