9-year-old cancer survivor reunites with blood donor in Levittown


A 9-year-old boy met with his blood donor at the Levittown Fire Department during a blood drive on Thursday. King Singh was born with a rare blood disease and was diagnosed with leukemia at age 2. After over three years of daily chemotherapy treatments and a blood transfusion, King is …

It’s ‘Liquid Gold’: Young Blood-Transfusion Recipients Talk About Importance of Donors. Ella Martinez and Kamila Saradpon consider each other sisters. They both require routine blood transfusions and often go through hours-long appointments together Read Full Article

Three members of Autry Technology Center Health Occupation Students of America are competing in the HOSA state contest in community awareness. The three contestants are senior Karis Stewart, junior Jazlyn Aguilar and senior Madi Brandon. They all are in high school and attend Autry health occupations classes for half a …

The American Red Cross held a blood drive Tuesday at the University of Findlay. The nonprofit usually experiences a blood shortage around the winter holiday season as fewer people tend to donate. The Red Cross says it provides about 40% of the nation’s blood supply. People who showed up Tuesday …

Bryan Brown routinely donates blood. “It’s one poke I get every four months, but it changes someone else’s life,” he said. But prior to 2018, he never donated. “I had no say in the first drive, and then I found out I was O negative,” said Bryan Brown. His daughter, …

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Jack Oberweiser started giving blood when he was in college and found out he had an O-negative blood type. Read Full Article

Since the pandemic, blood donations have lagged behind demand, according to The Kentucky Blood Center. But a 13-year-old Louisville girl is trying to help change that. At first glance, Jillian Striet appears to be a normal 13-year-old girl, with a love of stuffed animals and shoes. “I didn’t feel like …

When Emily Peters grabs her laptop and scrolls through her life, she can’t help but smile when she finds photos of herself six years ago. “I was one of those really annoying people that really like being pregnant,” said Peters with a laugh. “I loved it, I loved being huge, …

Jacob Smith is alive today thanks largely to 26 people he never met. “I was brought back to life,” the 24-year-old recalls. It was March 30, 2021. One second, Jacob was in the car with his mom, sister and eight-month-old nephew. The next, he saw a bumper. “I remember looking …