blood donation

Blood drives to be held at Sonoma County Fairgrounds

Hundreds of blood drives in the state have been canceled because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, but two North Bay elected…

4 years ago

Bay Area COVID-19 update: all counties now under shelter orders, blood banks need donations, BottleRock postpones

As of Wednesday, all nine Bay Area counties are under either shelter-in-place or shelter-at-home orders. The directives are legally enforceable…

4 years ago

Blood banks face critical shortage, urge donors to ‘turn out in force’

"If you're healthy, you're needed now more than ever."

4 years ago

Bay Area blood supply dips perilously low, donations urged

The Stanford Blood Center is asking Bay Area residents to donate blood to any nearby center, as supplies are at…

4 years ago

Type O negative blood supply critically low

Stanford Blood Center on Monday asked for urgent Type O negative blood donations because of a less than two-day supply…

5 years ago

Call sounded for type-O blood donors in Bay Area amid shortage

A blood service provider is reaching out to people in the Bay Area to ask for blood donations during the…

5 years ago

Blood donors sought amid O-negative shortage

Officials with the Stanford Blood Center Thursday asked Bay Area residents to help address a critical shortage in O-negative blood…

6 years ago

Blood shortage prompts donation plea

Citing low reserves throughout the Bay Area, the Blood Centers of the Pacific Monday encouraged the public to donate blood…

8 years ago

Wiener seeks end to ban on gay blood donors

Scott Wiener is asking the federal government to end its ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.

10 years ago

Winter pinches local, national blood supply

Stanford Blood Center is down to a two-day supply of O-positive, down from a usual five.

10 years ago

Gay mayor fights for gay blood donors

Mayor Evan Low of Campbell — himself a gay man —is leading a petition against the FDA ban on gay…

11 years ago

Get your blood pumping for crash survivors

Officials at the Blood Centers of the Pacific say giving blood will be crucial in helping injured SFO crash patients.

11 years ago

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