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Seventeen-year-old Ariya Behrens is sharing her powerful story of how blood donations helped her beat cancer. Her message comes as the Pint for a Pint Blood Drive encourages donors to give blood and enjoy free ice cream this summer.
Egypt just shattered a Guinness World Record by mobilizing over 15,000 blood donors across the country in just 12 hours. The massive campaign on World Blood Donor Day didn't just earn a trophy—it built up a life-saving stockpile for the nation's healthcare system.
Two Australian music stars are turning a life-threatening medical crisis and childhood cancer into a powerful message about the gift of blood donation. Their reimagined version of Sia's "Unstoppable" celebrates the donors who saved their lives.
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Born three months early and weighing less than a loaf of bread, baby Eli Theron needed eight blood transfusions to survive. One year later, he's crawling, standing, and thriving because strangers in South Africa chose to donate blood.
A small island community is rallying to meet an ambitious blood donation goal that could save hundreds of lives. The Nantucket Saves team spent six months organizing what could become one of the area's largest blood drives.
Rock legends Metallica are giving away limited-edition tour merchandise to blood donors across the UK as summer heat causes critical blood supply shortages. The collaboration between the band and NHS Blood and Transplant aims to inspire thousands of new donors while Metallica performs their M72 tour dates.
When a nine-year-old boy needed a rare blood type to survive, doctors tracked down every single matching unit in the country. Qasim Rizwan is now thriving after receiving all seven existing units of blood that matched his incredibly rare profile.
Nearly one-third of American Red Cross blood supplies have been depleted as winter weather canceled 400+ donation drives nationwide. Your donation today could save lives like Reihaneh Hajibeigi's, who needed emergency transfusions after childbirth complications.
A new global study reveals that more than 85% of blood donations worldwide now come from voluntary unpaid donors, marking major progress in making lifesaving transfusions safer and more sustainable. The shift represents decades of work to build trustworthy blood systems that save lives every single day.
When medical students warned that their hospital was running dangerously low on blood, a youth group decided to donate instead of just talking about it. The O'hana Foundation organized a blood drive that brought 13 donors to replenish critical supplies at Modilon Hospital in Madang.
In a significant shift, Jehovah's Witnesses now permit members to donate and store their own blood for planned surgeries. The change maintains the ban on receiving blood from other donors but opens new medical options for millions worldwide.
A groundbreaking gene therapy has reversed blood cancers once considered untreatable, with seven of eleven patients still disease-free three years later. The world-first technique transforms donor white blood cells into a "living drug" that hunts cancer.
Benji Sanchez, an 11-year-old who beat childhood cancer three times, partnered with Critical Care Comics to combat a critical blood shortage in Las Vegas. The initiative comes as hospitals nationwide lost over 2,000 blood donations due to severe weather, with cancer patients relying on a quarter of the nation's blood supply. #
Bruce and Anita Luehring spend their retirement driving blood donations to small Kansas towns, part of a volunteer force that makes up 90% of the American Red Cross workforce. Their work helps bridge a critical gap as blood drives face persistent shortages from no-shows and deferred donors.
Tesla Thompson is turning her cancer survival story into hope for others by encouraging donations at California's Pint for a Pint Blood Drive. The statewide drive runs through September 7th, offering donors ice cream and the chance to save up to three lives.
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A premature baby weighing less than a loaf of bread beat the odds with help from generous blood donors in Nelson Mandela Bay. One year later, little Eli Theron is thriving.
Scientists created a dime-sized device that checks if donated blood is still safe to use, potentially saving lives by catching weak blood before transfusion. The chip uses sound waves to stress-test red blood cells through a smartphone.
A new NHS campaign is rallying blood donors to help fill a critical shortage affecting thousands of sickle cell patients across England. Major brands are draining the red from their logos to spotlight the urgent need.
Australia has become the first country outside the US to approve a revolutionary therapy for chronic graft-versus-host disease, a serious complication affecting nearly half of blood cancer patients who receive donor stem cell transplants. The treatment was developed from world-first research led by Australian scientists over a decade ago.
A pit bull terrier who waited months for a home became a lifesaving blood donor for a critically ill pug. Both dogs found their second chances after the emergency transfusion brought them together.
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