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Social disadvantage is transplantable! Cancer patients’ recovery gets influenced by their cell donors’ socioeconomic status: Study

New research has found how one's position on the socioeconomic ladder can not only shape one’s phys…

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The Red Cross has seen a 40% decrease in blood donations over the last 20 years. Experts say Gen Z is to blame.

Even after a successful "Snoopy" themed campaign to attract young people, the Red Cross says it's s…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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A controversial tech millionaire says his father, 70, is now biologically 46 thanks to injections of his 'super blood'

Bryan Johnson, who considers himself a "rejuvenation athlete," believes his blood may have been abl…

Marianne Guenot   


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Sonu Sood to launch blood bank app to connect donors with those in urgent need of blood

Actor Sonu Sood is going to launch what is expected to be India's biggest blood bank, through an ap…

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A wife saved her husband's life when she turned out to be the 1 in 100,000 kidney donor match he needed

Donna Creed said that donating her kidney to her husband was the "greatest gift" she could give.

Kim Schewitz   


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Business is booming for the $24 billion plasma industry - but it may be putting vulnerable donors at risk

Americans supply two-thirds of the world's plasma, supporting an industry that relies on vulnerable…

Julia Press,Robin Lindsay   


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Everything you need to know about donating blood before you do it

From how to discover if you're an eligible donor to what happens before and after you donate, here'…

Janaki Jitchotvisut   


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Blood banks are leveraging Facebook to fulfill their blood requirements from 40 million donors

Blood banks across the country have started leveraging Facebook to fulfill their blood requirements…

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Anti-vaxxers are refusing blood transfusions from vaccinated donors because they believe they're 'tainted,' report says

Blood centers across the country say they've heard of patients asking for blood exclusively from un…

Sophia Ankel   


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Travel passes being issued to blood donors amid lockdown

As stringent restrictions on movement of people are in force across the country, blood donors are b…

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Nearly 12,000 individuals die every day due to lack of quality blood

On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, the health professionals underscored the need to highl…

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People rush to donate blood amid Texas shortage after elementary school mass shooting

The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center donated 25 units of blood to Uvalde in the immediate afterm…

Erin Snodgrass   


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Scientists grew blood in a lab and transplanted it into people for the first time

Lab-grown blood could increase the options available for people with rare blood types and disorders…

Andrea Michelson   


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Trump portrayed as a 'loser' by 2024 rivals courting his big donors at Las Vegas conference, report says

Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pompeo, and Larry Hogan have been wooing donors at the Republican Je…

Joshua Zitser   


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This multimillionaire entrepreneur infused himself with blood from his 17-year-old son in a quest to stay young forever

The tech entrepreneur and multimillionaire Bryan Johnson is 45 years old — and now has the bl…

Andrea Michelson   


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I'm a queer parent who used a sperm donor. Here's how I told my kids where they came from.

Amber Leventry is the nonbiological and nonbinary parent of three kids, so they decided to talk to …

Amber Leventry   


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Incredible medical breakthroughs of 2022, from treating blood cancer to slowing Alzheimer's disease

A vaccine for RSV and a drug that may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease are among the gre…

Catherine Schuster-Bruce   


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FDA plans to lift blood donation restrictions on gay men and allow monogamous men to give, report claims

An unnamed official told The Washington Post new guidelines will be proposed in the coming days, en…

Erin Snodgrass