In mid-November last year, Emilio Kinyua faced a disturbing choice to make. On one side was an elderly woman crying and begging him to donate his blood to her dying daughter. Minutes later, he was brought a sick man, who was ready to pay him Sh10,000 for a pint (about …

For the first time in its history, the American Red Cross has announced what it is calling a national blood crisis. In a joint statement this week with America’s Blood Centers and the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, the organization said, “If the nation’s blood supply doesn’t …

Blood donations have plummeted throughout the pandemic but the Treasure Coast’s blood supplier has come up with a new way to enable donors to track where their donation goes and perhaps receive a “thank you” message from its recipient. OneBlood, which services Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties and …

The Red Cross has issued its first-ever national blood crisis amid the omicron surge. The Red Cross says it could affect patients in hospitals who desperately need blood, platelets or plasma. Asheville police Capt. Joseph Silberman works in the criminal investigations department. He spends hours trying to puzzle together cases. …

MEMBERS of the youth wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria (AMJN), Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Nigeria, Oyo State chapter, have completed the donation of 511 pints of blood to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and the South West zonal office of the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) for the …