Kamila Saradpon is a nine-year-old from National City who enjoys art and cooking with her dad. Her parents Maria and Kris have their hands full with Kamila and her six-year-old sister Mikayla. One of ...

A blood centrifuge rotates between 3,000 and 5,000 times per minute, causing blood to separate into three distinct layers: dark and dense red blood cells at the bottom, a very thin layer of white ...

Frederick McKinley Jones, invented a container making it possible to store blood for battlefield use. An African American, Dr. Charles Drew of Howard University, discovered the process for preserving ...

Humboldt County’s local blood bank implemented changes and is ready to expand accepting donations from gay men. In May, the Food and Drug Administration announced changes to blood donation rules that ...

Houchin Community Blood Bank’s Director of Donor Relations Anna Kazaryan needs a little magic, the kind she has seen come ...

Some blood banks may accept donations if lupus is inactive or a person is in remission and healthy at the time of donation. People with lupus may also be able to donate plasma for research purposes.