Knowing your blood type can be beneficial for a number of reasons, including receiving the best transfusion for you, but it can also help you to protect your health. If you don't know what type you ...

Blood Assurance said right now anyone who donates blood gets a pair of St. Patrick’s Day themed socks.

The blood bank that serves Humboldt and Del Norte counties is in urgent need of O positive blood, with a holiday slowdown in donations. It’s the most common blood type. Kate Witthaus, executive ...

Blood Assurance is asking for help as its supply of O-positive and O-negative blood have reached critical levels.

An urgent call is going out for blood donors as Hoxworth Blood Centers says supplies are running low, especially for Type O ...

Blood Assurance has issued an urgent call for donors after several days of heavy hospital use pushed supplies of O-positive and O-negative blood to critical levels, according to a news ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Community Blood Center says hospitals' supply of Type O blood is dangerously low across Kansas and Missouri. The CBC stated there was a sharp drop in donations over the July ...

Today, we all understand the importance of blood type, but that's actually a relatively recent discovery. Before the 1900s, doctors believed all blood was the same, which unsurprisingly led to a lot ...

A person's blood type is determined by "the presence or absence of certain antigens – substances that can trigger an immune response if they are foreign to the body," according to American Red Cross.

Knowing your blood type is critical during emergency health situations. Knowing your blood type is crucial medical information, but unless you've given blood before you might not be sure what yours is ...