Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platelet donations play a critical role in saving lives – the need is great MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – The American Red Cross is ...

Some teenagers dream of getting a driver's license, buying a cheap car and spending late nights out with friends. But when he was young, Ryan Dolce hoped to one day give blood. At the time, the now-30 ...

When Ryan Dolce was a teen, he always wanted to be able to donate blood. The 30-year-old Dunkirk, New York, resident said he was unable to donate when he was younger, as he was under the weight ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - It’s the season of giving, and one Wisconsin couple holds true to that. Jerry & Kim Porter have been married for 29 years, and together they’ve helped save many lives over ...

Volunteers often gather more than just blood at blood drives. They also collect platelets— cell fragments carried in the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Giving blood can seem like a mundane task, but the process is anything but ordinary. In an exclusive story, our team followed a donation of platelets from a donor's arm to ...

The winter storms that came through in the past few days had one other, less visible but significant effect: A drop in ...

This video is no longer available. Richard Martin started donating whole blood with the Red Cross and then switched to Inova when he was asked to consider a different type of donation in 1982. His ...

TEXARKANA -- Recent winter weather has created an immediate blood and platelet shortage that is affecting local hospitals. Weather-related donor center closures and canceled blood drives have sharply ...