Climate change and increasingly extreme weather are taking a toll on global supplies of blood, endangering the lives of people with life-threatening injuries and conditions, a new study has found.

The researchers' work is believed to be the first to globally examine how climate change, including more severe weather events, could affect each stage of the blood supply chain. Blood products ...

By Rebecca Dzombak Climate change is coming for something surprising: the world’s blood supply. Warming and extreme weather can slow blood donations, disrupt blood transport and risk the safety ...

It has now been introduced so that loyal blood donors can get free transfusion privileges for their close and immediate family. The National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has unveiled this important ...

(See the full list below.) “The Red Cross is incredibly appreciative that Metallica is helping fuel the blood supply this summer,” said Darren Irby, an exec at the Red Cross, in a press release.

All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years ...

This rare but serious condition usually occurs when one twin receives less blood supply than their sibling during a pregnancy. Cleveland Clinic explains that while a child who receives less blood ...

This rare but serious condition usually occurs when one twin receives less blood supply than their sibling during a pregnancy. Cleveland Clinic explains that while a child who receives less blood ...

As part of the month-long celebrations marking International Women’s Day, the Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion (Blood Centre) of the Government Medical College and Rajindra ...