When reports of rare but severe blood clots emerged after Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine, they threatened to overshadow an otherwise successful immunization campaign and left scientists searching ...

While you’re drinking, alcohol causes blood vessels to dilate, bringing blood to the surface of the skin. That’s why people ...

Inova’s Bloodmobile relies on strong community partnerships to meet rising demand for blood donations, says senior director ...

They could be doing more harm than good.

A pulmonary embolism occurs when "a clump of material, most often a blood clot, gets stuck in an artery in the lungs, blocking the flow of blood," according to the Mayo Clinic. And in many cases, ...

After receiving blood that helped save her life, Fairmont Special Education Teacher Elizabeth Lowry is taking on a crucial ...

The recent winter snowstorm is having a huge impact on donations.

What to Know Before PRP Therapy features insights from Joshua Olsen, M.D., Orthopaedics Expert of Rochester, NY, in HelloNation.

Platelets form clots to help people stop bleeding when they get a cut or scrape, and the body constantly needs to make new ones. Joining Jackie Kostek are Nuvia Orellana of Vitalent Blood Donation’s ...

Scientists have long been trying to reconstruct the appearance of dinosaurs. The tidbits they are able to piece together from fossils and other analysis are displayed in museums, educational materials ...

About The Study: Cryopreserved platelets did not meet the predefined threshold for noninferiority in hemostatic effectiveness at 24 hours after intensive care unit admission. Additional predefined end ...