For many years, first responders would rush patients with severe blood loss to the hospital for a blood transfusion. But in ...

Patients are requesting that blood transfusions come from people who they know have not been vaccinated against covid-19, ...

More and more ambulances carry blood when responding to trauma scenes. Officials say transfusions before patients arrive at the hospital will save lives.

As a transfusion medicine physician, I have encountered increasing requests for blood from Covid-19 unvaccinated donors or directed donations based on personal beliefs. In one case, a patient refused ...

Blood donation and transfusion save lives. Unfortunately, there’s also a long history of misinformation and fear around donations. For example, there was a time when blood donation was segregated by ...