Ryan Dolce is crisscrossing the country on a quest to donate platelets at every Red Cross site in America. So far, he's hit ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 ...

The American Red Cross and the Cleveland Browns will host the annual Cleveland Browns First and Ten Blood Drive on July 26 at 13 locations throughout Northeast Ohio, including the Huntington Bank ...

A blood drive held in collaboration between Metallica, the American Red Cross and the band’s foundation, All Within My Hands, yielded record-breaking results in Denver this week.

Step aside A, B, and O—there’s a new player in town. Scientists in France have just reported the discovery of a novel, rare blood type, only recorded in a single person to date. The French ...

According to the American Red Cross, there is no universal cure for sickle cell disease, but blood transfusions are proven to effectively treat the disease.

What's sickle cell disease, and how did gene therapy cure it? Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that impacts hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells.

The product contains hemoglobin molecules from expired donor blood, which are encapsulated in protective lipid shells to create artificial red blood cells.

Scientists have uncovered a new biological mechanism behind tissue and organ damage in low-oxygen conditions like heart attacks, strokes, and severe COVID-19. Bursting red blood cells—not ...

Damage to the vascular lining leads to interactions with red blood cells that hint at how to treat dangerous complications of heart attack, stroke and COVID-19.

Artificial blood could reduce preventable deaths in settings where limited supply costs millions of lives in low-income countries.

Say goodbye to finger pricks. Everything you need to know about the Red Cross' new pain-free hemoglobin test.