Hospitals and Healthcare

Covid-19, the flu and weather-related incidents are some of the factors contributing to the American Red Cross' worst blood supply shortage in a decade. Learn if you're eligible to donate.

Fewer people are donating blood during the coronavirus pandemic. But donor centres have implemented new rules to ensure staff, donors and patients remain safe.

On Wednesday, Facebook launched a blood donation feature in the United States to help users find places to donate blood in their area and be notified when a nearby blood donation center may be in need.

American start-up Zipline are using high-powered drones to deliver blood to remote hospitals in Rwanda.

Three suitable donors have been found during an urgent nationwide search for an Adelaide mother with a rare blood type in need of life-saving heart surgery. 

What you need to know about donating in a time of crisis.

Jemma Burns survived being run over by a truck thanks to the blood donations of others. Now, as the Red Cross Blood Service marks its 90th anniversary, it is planning to expand into other interesting and unusual areas.

With only two-days' supply, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service says it needs 4500 donations of O-negative blood this month.