Because of the recent winter weather, blood and platelet donations have dropped dramatically, creating a strain on LifeShare ...

Amid a severe shortage of blood and thousands of unfilled donation appointments statewide, Bloodworks NW has issued a “Code ...

Poster to be presented at Tandem Meeting of the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) and the ...

Platelets are tiny cell fragments in your blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Nearly 50% of donated platelets go to cancer patients. With a shelf life of only five days, hospitals rely on a ...

Platelet transfusion in neonates and children varies widely, with donor and processing factors linked to lower platelet increments and higher transfusion burden but not to mortality or length of stay.

An investigational anti-clotting medication, asundexian, demonstrated a reduction in the risk of a second ischemic ...

Treatment for stage 2 essential thrombocythemia is highly personalized. Not every patient requires medication right away, and ...

The American Red Cross urged people to take action to help offset the severe impact of recent winter storms on efforts to rebuild the blood supply during an ongoing blood shortage. Donors of all blood ...

Indiana saw 33 blood drives disrupted by winter weather, adding to the national shortage. The Red Cross is calling for donors ...

The American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood amid a severe blood shortage. The recent winter storms have ...

A 34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) at 16 weeks’ gestation was found to have platelets unable to be quantified because of clumping on routine prenatal blood work, with a visual estimate of 40 ...