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Meet the Incredibly Strong 5 Year Old Whose Life was Saved by 40 Blood and Platelet Transfusions

Red Cross Volunteers are Changed Forever After Deploying to Hurricanes Helene and Milton

The Hurricane One-Two Punch

“Pick up Your Phone. Our House is on Fire.” Megan Caldwell Shares her Story with the Red Cross.

Be a Sickle Cell Fighter and Help Save Lives During Red Cross Sickle Cell Blood Drive

Deploying to a Wildfire for the First Time

Observe World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day. Take a moment to remember that someone becomes infected with HIV every 12 seconds, about half of them under age 25. Every 16 seconds someone […]

Center for Disease Control is Ready for Zombies

This past weekend I watched the TV series “The Walking Dead”. Unlike past takes on a ‘zombie apocalypse’, this series prided itself by allowing the characters to break the wall […]

Party to save lives!

Ever had measles before? Know anyone who have died from it? Probably not. Measles is practically non-existent in the states, but it is still a leading cause of preventable death […]