On October 13, 2019, a young girls life was changed. 12 year-old Ellie Thornton was diagnosed with severe Aplastic Anemia, a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce blood cells. Ellie has received multiple blood and platelet transfusions, which is why her friends and family wanted to host a
Marine veteran Al Kirby, of Shirley, helped launch a blood drive Monday with the same Stony Brook University Hospital staffers who saved his life last Christmas over the course of a nearly 10-hour surgery using 27 units of blood products. Read Full Article
Thousands of people, mainly students and youngsters, donated 1,200 blood units during the Chu nhat Do (Red Sunday) blood donation festival held at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology on Sunday. Speaking at the event, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh praised contributions of the programme, organisations and
The 8th annual Wes Leonard Memorial Blood Drive was held on Saturday at Fennville Middle School. Leonard was a high school basketball player who collapsed on the court in 2011 from a sudden cardiac arrest. In the years since Leonard’s death, his family has developed the Wes Leonard Heart Team
Leigh Stein came to the first Pittsburgh Pirates Blood Drive of the summer to donate for her father, Daniel, who was a consistent donor at the drives for several years alongside his friend Irving Younger before both lost their lives during the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in October. While
Weeks after surgery the teen injured in a Woodsboro shooting last month is just beginning to heal. But she is not giving up. 16-year-old, Alice Henderson was transferred by Halo Flight to Spohn Shoreline with internal bleeding. She underwent surgery and received over 50 units of blood. It was a