DAVENPORT, Iowa — Right now in Iowa, more than 600 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant, according to the ...

HI, JAMES. HI. JIM STIERS, A FAMILIAR FACE. AND ARM AT THE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH BLOOD DONOR CENTER. I’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME. THE 70 YEAR OLD IS A RECORD PLATELET DONOR.

Most organ transplants require at least a unit or two of blood, according to the donor network. Patients who need a liver transplant may need 20 or more blood units. According to America's Blood ...

O negative blood can be given to anyone in an emergency. That’s why it’s called the 'universal donor' blood type. People with O negative can only get O negative blood. So it’s harder for ...

Pet Blood Bank UK is currently appealing for dogs in Lancaster to come forward as blood donors to help save the lives of other dogs. Bay Vets is running a blood donation session on Sunday ...

Those words struck me deeply. And I wondered, 'Why don't people realise how important it is to be a regular blood donor?' I registered as a donor, and after that I showed up every second month at the ...

A mother has praised blood donors after her four-year-old daughter's battle with leukaemia and has called for more to come forward. Etta was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in ...

“Blood stock levels tend to decline during the Easter period, as well as school holidays, as donors make their way to their holiday destinations and blood donation might then not always be top ...

We’re aiming for 5 000 units of blood and need 500 new donors – could you be one of them? Visit your nearest donation centre or mobile blood drive to be a hero. Bring a friend, donate ...

The largest turnout was at the main donation center, seven miles from the location of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. A line of potential blood donors wrapped around the OBI building on ...

National Blood Donor Month started in 1970 with a proclamation from President Richard Nixon. This is an effort to raise awareness and increase the number of blood donations during the winter.