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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 officials have joined with the blood bank Vitalant to...Read More
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 — it’s a misdemeanor to violate or fail to...Read More
Blood banks face critical shortage, urge donors to ‘turn out in force’
"If you're healthy, you're needed now more than ever."Read More
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 critically low levels.Read More
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 remaining for local hospitals. In the past two weeks,...Read More
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 heart of winter.Read More
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 and platelets.Read More
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 of all types.Read More
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.Read More
Winter pinches local, national blood supply
Stanford Blood Center is down to a two-day supply of O-positive, down from a usual five.Read More
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 blood donors.Read More
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.Read More