MARRAKECH, Morocco — Morocco’s king showed solidarity with his suffering nation Tuesday as it counts the dead from a powerful earthquake, visiting some of the injured at a hospital not far from the epicenter and rolling up a sleeve to donate his royal blood. King Mohammed VI inspected the hospital bearing his name in the city […]
The American Red Cross is making an appeal for blood donations and are in urgent need of all blood types. They say the national blood supply has fallen to a critically low level with the need for blood across the country is outpacing the donations. Since early August, the national blood supply has dropped by […]
The American Red Cross announced this week that the national blood supply has fallen to ‘critically low levels.’ The organization said the blood supply dropped nearly 25% since early August. The American Red Cross provides the country with 40% of its blood supply, totaling around 2,500 hospitals and transfusion centers. A number of factors are causing this […]
The American Red Cross announced this week that the national blood supply has fallen to ‘critically low levels’. The organization said the blood supply dropped nearly 25% since early August. The American Red Cross provides the country with 40% of its blood supply, totaling around 2,500 hospitals and transfusion centers. A number of factors are causing this […]
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) – On Tuesday, MSU Mankato college preparatory program Upward Bound is sponsoring the American Red Cross Blood Drive, collecting vital amounts of blood during a nationwide shortage. KEYC News Now’s Nick Beck joined the noon show at MSU Mankato’s blood drive and spoke with American Red Cross Team Lead Hanna Hall. Click […]
It’s possible that the cause of spontaneous, recurring brain hemorrhages can be passed through blood transfusion, researchers say. The likelihood of this happening is very slim, however. Advertisement Still, “blood transfusions are relatively common, which makes possible negative effects an important public health issue,” said study co-author Gustaf Edgren, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute […]
There’s already a national blood shortage, but a lack of donations in the past month has put the country’s supply in critical condition and in need of donors for people who depend on lifesaving transfusions. The American Red Cross, which provides 40% of the nation’s blood supply, announced Monday (Sept. 11) that donations were down […]
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The American Red Cross is facing another blood shortage after a summer of both natural disasters and donation shortfalls. The organization said in a press release there was a critical, 30,000-donation shortfall in the month of August after back-to-school activities and one of the busiest summer travel seasons on record. That […]
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Coffee Memorial Blood Center is using a Halloween theme for its upcoming blood drives in September. Throughout the month, Coffee Memorial Blood Center will have Halloween-themed gifts for each of their donors. All eligible donors will receive a limited-edition, glow-in-the-dark T-shirt, one free entry to the Oklahoma City Zoo, one free […]
SAN DIEGO — A man who allegedly drove the wrong way down Interstate 15 in Serra Mesa while drunk and crashed head-on into another car, killing a woman and injuring the victim’s teenage daughter, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Andres James Cox, 25, is accused in […]