PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood as demand rises this summer.

As World Blood Donor Day nears, health experts stress the crucial need for Black donors to help patients with sickle cell disease and fill gaps in national and global blood supplies.

People who want to give but can’t make one of these events can visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS or use the Red Cross Blood Donor App to book a time to donate.

Restrictions around sexually active gay and bisexual men donating blood and plasma are being loosened in a new world-leading move by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood. Under current rules, gay and ...

The activists who lobbied for decades against the ban on blood donations from the queer community can finally celebrate the removal of this stigma – a relic of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

Australia’s national blood donation service has announced a landmark policy change that will remove outdated and discriminatory rules against gay men that were put in place during the height of ...

The rules were initially introduced to decrease the risk of HIV transmission through blood from higher-risk groups. Lifeblood, the national agency for donation services formally known as Australia's ...

Coming up, field day for local amateur radio operators in Earlysville, the fourth annual Fae Festival at Ix Art Park and more.

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has issued an urgent call for more blood donors “to stabilise the nation's blood supply,” warning that stocks of O-negative red cells are nearing red-alert status.

This July, share the good vibes of summer! Just like fireworks light up the sky, you can be a burst of light for patients in ...