The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive in honor of a 7-year-old girl battling cancer. Ansley Gilich has B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which requires multiple blood product infusions. The blood drive will be held Friday, July 24, from noon until 7 p.m. at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on
The American Red Cross is testing all donated blood for novel coronavirus antibodies and will use that information to learn more about the spread of COVID-19. They’ll also check back in with donors to find out how long their antibodies last. If someone has antibodies to the novel coronavirus, it’s
A blood donation camp was organized by Shalteng garrison at Sharifabad in Srinagar outskirts to support local health care and medical saving procedures amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals are striving to have healthy blood donations as ongoing coronavirus pandemic have decreased the number of eligible, healthy donors. The aim of
Blood donations are one way Minnesotans continue to volunteer while we collectively try to lower the curve against COVID-19 by staying at home. Officials from both Memorial Blood Centers and the American Red Cross have seen a tremendous response in blood donation over the last month as people look to
With blood drives canceled and people staying home, crucial supplies are shrinking. Given the unprecedented situation, with an increase in blood drive cancellations at several schools and businesses that has caused a critical shortage, East Texas Medical Team Doctor Ed Dominguez wants people to know that donating blood is safe.
Nationwide nearly 10,000 Red Cross blood drives had to be canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak. High school, middle school and college blood drives were canceled as states and counties have shut down the schools, along with many corporate blood drives. Paul Lyle, Red Cross volunteer coordinator, and his team
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. This caused the cancellation of big events such as graduation, concerts, sporting events, festivals and any other events that will bring groups of people together into one place. This also means the cancellation of blood drives. According
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One of the country’s oldest nonprofit blood service providers will miss out on 600 blood drives for the month of April. “We’re projected to lose about 20-percent of our blood donations each week in April,” said Brooke Way, marketing and communications specialist for Vitalant. It’s another blow to the blood