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Blood Donations

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Red Cross declares emergency blood shortage

  • Aug 5, 2024
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Did FDA rule change allowing gay men to give blood make a difference?

  • Jun 18, 2024
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Emergency blood shortage as number of donors hits 20-year low

  • Jan 9, 2024

Bay Area blood center makes urgent call for donations

  • Dec 1, 2023

Red Cross to allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood

  • Aug 12, 2023

FDA considering changes to blood donation policies

  • Dec 3, 2022

Donor dogs, cats provide lifesaving blood to other pets in need

  • Feb 19, 2022

Study aims to make more gay, bisexual men eligible blood donors

  • Jan 13, 2022

Latest Videos

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Bay Area barber offering free haircuts for food donations

  • Nov 3, 2025
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Bay Area blood center makes urgent call for donations

  • Dec 1, 2023
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Death of young League City pitcher inspires bone marrow donations, saving life of California man

  • Feb 22, 2023
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Study aims to make more gay, bisexual men eligible blood donors

  • Jan 13, 2022
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Down to 1-day blood supply, Red Cross declares national crisis

  • Jan 12, 2022
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James Harrison's blood donations helped millions of Australian moms and their newborn children

  • May 16, 2018
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New Blood in high demand due to severe flu season, unhealthy donors

  • Jan 18, 2018
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Blood in high demand due to severe flu season, unhealthy donors

  • Jan 18, 2018

Latest Stories

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Red Cross declares national blood crisis as donations plummet during on-going pandemic

A spokesperson put the crisis into perspective, explaining that while every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood, the Red Cross only has a 1-day supply to work with.

  • Jan 12, 2022
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ABC News correspondents, producers share stigma of living with HIV

"I feel like if sharing my story can help one other person, then it's important, then I feel like it's my duty to use this platform that I have to help others."

  • Dec 1, 2021

Philadelphia meteorologist advocates change to FDA blood donation policy impacting LGBTQ+ community

Many see the FDA blood donation policy as discriminatory against the LGBTQ community.

  • Mar 24, 2021
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Texans in desperate need of blood donations, Red Cross calls for help

As Texas faces severe weather, the Red Cross needs blood donations more than usual.

  • Feb 22, 2021

FDA study could lead to removal of blood donation restrictions for gay men in US

The agency exclusively shared with ABC News that the goal is to gather and present data for review by late 2021.

  • Dec 16, 2020