SAN ANTONIO – South Texas Blood and Tissue Center is urging the public to donate blood and platelets to support patients in the community. Over 300 donors a day are needed this holiday season.

Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...

The use of cryopreserved platelets is associated with higher perioperative blood loss, higher transfusion use, and longer ICU ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Medical staff are urging an increase in donations amid a platelet shortage. According to the Community Blood Center, platelets are very fragile, short-lived blood ...

SAN ANTONIO – I’ve seen the need for blood in South Texas. In Uvalde. In Sutherland Springs. In the stories of survivors I’ve had the honor of meeting through my line of work. What I haven’t seen — ...

An emergency blood drive will be held Wednesday at Health First's Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. Health First spokesman Lance Skelly said Heath First has "implemented our critical blood ...