In need of both blood and more donors, the National Institute of Health and Social Studies (NIHSS) conducted a blood drive Thursday to help boost the country’s depleted blood bank. Around 26 persons which included students from the institute, together with a few of their parents and friends, showed up …

During the first week of November every year, the Landes family hosts a blood drive for Medic Regional Blood Center. The tradition started in 2013 when they were the ones in need of donations. “We all want to believe that it can’t happen to us, but it can. We were …

Between recent hurricanes and the pandemic, the nation is experiencing a blood shortage. So, WAFB partnered with Our Lady of the Lake to help bring the donors to the chairs. One woman, in particular, has been a regular donor since 1996 but hasn’t been able to donate through the pandemic. …

Navy veteran Robert Moore, a 77 year-old Vietnam veteran, donated his 100th gallon of blood to the San Diego Blood Bank. He got a call one afternoon 10 years ago, asking if he could come and donate blood to help save a girl’s life. Navy veteran Robert Moore got a …

There are certain medical visits (like non-essential dentist appointments), that you might want to put off until the pandemic passed. But is it safe to donate blood right now? Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, says that not only is …