CENTRAL COAST, Calif. – American Red Cross needs more blood and platelet donations to combat a national shortage. The number of donations cant keep up with the demands of hospitals. According to the American Red Cross, an additional 10,000 blood and platelet donations will be needed each week over the next month to meet patient […]
REGIONAL — Since announcing a national blood and platelet shortage a month ago, thousands of donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to help rebuild the American Red Cross blood and platelet supply. As that generosity continues, the Red Cross is working around-the-clock to ensure patients have access to lifesaving transfusions and must […]
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – Local4 once again teamed up with the American Red Cross for the ‘Local4 You’ Blood Drive on Tuesday, October 10. Blood donations were collected in all three of the Tri-Cities with a total of 67 donors and 63 units collected, helping more than 100 patients. The breakdown includes 32 units in […]
A research group at Lund University has studied how a molecular sensor located in the blood vessel wall, controls how the vessel compensates for high blood pressure. As we age, the sensor deteriorates, which can worsen vascular damage caused by high blood pressure and consequently lead to secondary diseases affecting the heart, brain, or other […]
Humboldt County’s local blood bank implemented changes and is ready to expand accepting donations from gay men. In May, the Food and Drug Administration announced changes to blood donation rules that allow more gay and bisexual men and transgender women to donate blood. The local blood bank will now ask the same set of questions […]
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in the Cal State Fullerton Quad Oct. 17-18 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment, visit the Red Cross website and enter sponsor code: CSUF. Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting redcrossblood.org/rapidpass to complete your pre-donation reading and health […]
The American Red Cross put out an urgent request for additional donations last month. YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Blood supplies in the United States are still at low levels, despite a nationwide call for donations. The American Red Cross provides life-sustaining blood to about 2,700 hospitals across the country. However, American Red Cross Account Manager […]
And now, for some horrifying news. Just in time for spooky season, scientists in South America have discovered a new species of wasp that stings, sucks blood and otherwise feasts on their prey from the inside out — by depositing larvae underneath the victim’s skin. Researchers came across these vampiric vespids while hard at work in […]
Introduction of an algorithm to help determine the necessity of a blood culture in immunocompetent patients seen in an emergency department helped significantly reduce the amount of unnecessary blood culture events, yielding improved clinical and health care resource outcomes. The findings were presented in an oral session by Jessica Seidelman, MD, MPH, of Duke University […]
A world-first clinical trial published in JAMA could provide an easy way to save tens of thousands of units of blood every year in Canada and much more worldwide. The trial, which involved more than 27,000 patients in 25 adult intensive care units (ICUs) across Canada, showed that taking less blood for lab tests using […]