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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

How A Satellite Can Save A Life

Exactly 12 hours from now, NASA will launch a satellite that will help save lives. The NOAA-N-Prime Satellite is the final installment in the TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, series that […]

5,000 Years Ago: The First First Aid?

Scientists may have just discovered some of the earliest use of first aid. They’ve found that Ötzi, the 5,000-year-old man found frozen in ice, may have dressed his own wounds. How […]

Blood: Where Science Meets That Warm Fuzzy Feeling

Ooh, I just read some fun facts in today’s Wired article about the first blood transfusions in the 1600’s! Yeah, that’s right, they did blood transfusions way back then. But […]