LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - It’s a story of the love and devotion one Nebraska couple has for each other, and how it has grown during a trying time. They faced a mountain of decisions when they learned one ...

Whether you are donating blood for the first time or are a repeat donor, every donation matters and makes an enormous ...

Every day in hospitals, in fact every 2 seconds everywhere, according to the American Red Cross, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion. Approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells, nearly ...

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the American Red Cross celebrated with a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art blood donation center at 65 Forest Plaza in Annapolis. The center is ...

The Kraft Family Blood Donor Center faces a severe shortage, impacting patient care at Dana-Farber and Brigham & Women’s ...

Some teenagers dream of getting a driver's license, buying a cheap car and spending late nights out with friends. But when he was young, Ryan Dolce hoped to one day give blood. At the time, the now-30 ...

Ongoing since the pandemic, a blood platelet shortage is reaching critical levels as deliveries are being rationed among local hospitals. Bloodworks Northwest, a blood bank and medical research ...

Lawrenceville’s Donald Bagley rolled up his sleeves when a friend from church needed help for her husband. And he’s never stopped donating blood platelets, those minuscule cells that play a vital role ...

Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...

Officials are calling on residents to donate blood amid a critical blood shortage affecting the Kraft Family Blood Donor ...

A blood centrifuge rotates between 3,000 and 5,000 times per minute, causing blood to separate into three distinct layers: dark and dense red blood cells at the bottom, a very thin layer of white ...

Every Wednesday at 7 a.m., like clockwork, Mike Adams makes a trip to The Blood Center in Metairie, where he spends about an hour and a half of his day donating lifesaving blood products. He's been ...