Our Blood Institute (OBI) extended its emergency blood shortage status due to a second wave of winter storms.According to OBI ...

EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - A couple from Colfax is being recognized as American Red Cross heroes for their years of platelet ...

Platelets, or thrombocytes, are colorless fragments of larger cells called megakaryocytes, commonly found in bone marrow. The purpose of platelets is to create hemostasis, prevent hemorrhaging ...

Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people ...

Another wave of winter weather, including below-freezing temperatures and winter precipitation, has forced the extension of ...

The Shepeard Community Blood Center is looking for donations. It needs at least 100 donations every day to supply local ...

October is Liver Awareness Month. The American Red Cross reminds eligible donors that organ transplant patients often rely on donated blood products. Liver transplant patients may need 30 or more ...

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously ...

There is a particular demand on platelets now in light of surgeries that were postponed due to the winter weather, as well as the number of car accidents, he said. The platelet collection process ...