Blood Assurance is facing a critical shortage of blood, plasma, and platelets just as the holiday season is starting. As the primary supplier for many area hospitals, it is essential to get donations ...

The number of plasma centers in the country more than doubled between 2014 and 2021, and they’re increasingly opening up in ...

If you’ve ever given blood, you’ve probably eaten a biscuit straight after and then gone about your day. But what happens to ...

A new NHS call for blood donors to make – and keep – appointments in the run-up to Christmas has reignited the debate around how to increase rates of donation, including the use of financial ...

HCESD 11 Chief Quality Officer Kevin Crocker said program will also help the district move towards offering whole blood transfusions, which are usually only able to be done at hospitals.

A mother who was unable to see after giving birth to her first child has had her sight restored following a plasma donation.

Dried plasma was used during WW II and the Korean War, saving thousands of lives. It was banned due to the lack of screening technology for hepatitis contaminated blood. Now, military and veteran ...

When a newborn requires surgery, the question of how to manage bleeding becomes more complicated than it is for adults or ...