Blood is like milk, not toilet paper. You can’t just buy a lot of it and save it for later — you need to have a regular, fresh supply for patients who need it. At the moment, fewer Australians are donating blood than usual. To a degree, we can understand …

One Washington County woman has spent her retirement making a difference, and filling a void left by Marietta Memorial Hospital after the hospital stopped accepting blood donations. For the last five years Linda Miller has been coordinating blood drives at the Lowell Volunteer Fire Department. She says it all started …

We all have that one teacher who inspired and motivated us in school. It was no different for Chethan Gowda. The quiet, introverted boy describes the bond he shared with his favourite teacher to be akin to that of a mother and child, and was understandably shattered when he found …

Taylor and Jennifer Urban, Pittsburgh locals, have been donating blood together since they were in high school. Taylor started donating at her high school’s blood drives when she was 16. Her first blood donation went well, and Taylor became a regular blood donor. At the time, Jennifer wanted to follow …