Holidays are approaching and it’s typically a slow time for blood donations. With COVID-19 cases still rising in Kansas and Missouri, the Red Cross is encouraging young, healthy individuals to donate. The need for blood never goes away but the pandemic has created new challenges. Many regular donors are elderly
The family of a little girl battling a rare form of blood cancer at Children’s National Hospital is raising awareness about the critical need for blood and platelet donations. Since the coronavirus pandemic started, many organizations that collect blood have experienced a shortage of donations because of canceled blood drives.
THE MUM of a toddler who needs regular blood transfusions to stay alive is urging more black people to donate to help patients like her daughter who need ethnically matched blood. Layla Lawson’s 17-month old daughter Suki has sickle cell disorder, an inherited blood disorder that is more common in
Fear of contracting Covid-19 among people has led to shortage of blood in blood banks and hospitals, much to the discomfort of those who are in urgent need of blood for surgery, blood transfusion for thalassemia patients, kidney patients and accident victims. Under such circumstances, 31-year-old Pattupogula Pavan Kumar, an
Carter Wells is a 9-year-old boy from Fruita who is fighting Aplastic Anemia. He is leaving on Friday to go to Denver to get a bone marrow transplant. Carter’s parents first knew something was wrong when he was complaining of chest pains and was bruising easily. Doctors initially thought Carter
