American Red Cross Northern Ohio Chapter asking for diverse blood donations
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The American Red Cross Northern Ohio Chapter is asking for diverse blood donations. Certain blood types are unique to specific racial and ethnic groups. This means donor ...
Red Cross looks for more people to donate platelets
Every 15 seconds, a patient in the U.S. receives platelets, and nearly half of them are suffering from cancer, according to ...
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Whole blood programs aim to combat ‘blood deserts’ in rural and urban areas
Blood deserts exist in rural and urban areas. Last August, Herby Joseph was walking down the stairs at his cousin’s house in ...
Blood transfusions at the scene save lives, but ambulances are rarely equipped to do them
More than 60,000 people in the U.S. bleed to death every year from traumatic events like car crashes or gunshot wounds, or ...
Our Blood Institute still needing donations amid ongoing blood emergency
Our Blood Institute is still 2,000 donations behind what is needed to replenish the local blood supply.This excludes the ...