The American Red Cross collects on average 40 percent of the national’s blood supply. And that need does not go away, even during a global pandemic such as COVID-19. Hence blood donation and collection was declared by Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health,
While walking into a blood bank and facing the sharp point of a needle might be a scary and stressful feat for the average joe, Minnie Flanders, appreciation ambassador for LifeStream Blood Bank’s La Quinta location, encourages the community to brave the doors of their local blood bank and come
As a long-time resident, community volunteer and police officer, you might say Trumbull is in Mark Smith’s blood. Read Full Article
Donning their face masks and ready to save a life, locals made their way to the Forderville Library Activities Room last Sunday too donate a pint of lifesaving blood. Donors’ hands were sanitized and their temperatures recorded before the donation process began. Read Full Article
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
Earlier this week, Luxembourg’s Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume was leading by example and donated blood at the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Centre. Red Cross Luxembourg launched an appeal for blood donation in March to prevent blood shortages during the pandemic. The association stressed that one blood donation can help up