A 10-year-old survivor of the Uvalde school shooting and her parents got to thank another set of life-savers – her blood donors – on Saturday as South Texas Blood & Tissue marked the fifth anniversary of a lifesaving whole-blood donor program. Christina and Ruben Zamora have met and thanked everyone …

It’s ‘Liquid Gold’: Young Blood-Transfusion Recipients Talk About Importance of Donors. Ella Martinez and Kamila Saradpon consider each other sisters. They both require routine blood transfusions and often go through hours-long appointments together Read Full Article

Since the pandemic, blood donations have lagged behind demand, according to The Kentucky Blood Center. But a 13-year-old Louisville girl is trying to help change that. At first glance, Jillian Striet appears to be a normal 13-year-old girl, with a love of stuffed animals and shoes. “I didn’t feel like …

When Emily Peters grabs her laptop and scrolls through her life, she can’t help but smile when she finds photos of herself six years ago. “I was one of those really annoying people that really like being pregnant,” said Peters with a laugh. “I loved it, I loved being huge, …

Each day, Lisa Nash serves her community, but she wouldn’t be able to do her important work as Deputy Mayor of San Mateo without a life-saving donation. “If that did not happen, if that blood had not been available to me, I would have died,” Nash told CBS News Bay …