Hunter emergency services roll up sleeves to save lives Every blood donation could save three lives. Newcastle Herald · Jul 30, 2024
Olympian's creative way to encourage blood donors Brad Hore has teamed up with Lifeblood to celebrate a nation of donors. The Canberra Times · Jul 24, 2024
"I'm just racked with self-loathing and criticism": Manic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire once wanted to lacerate the world - now he's doing it to himself Nicky Wire talks about the upcoming Manics tour, Richey Edwards, Rush and the band’s next album Louder · Jun 23, 2024
7 Touching Facts About Blood Donation That’ll Make You Run To Your Nearest Giving Centre Thinking about donating blood at the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood? Here's who gets donated blood, how many people need blood & eligibility. Pedestrian.tv · May 29, 2024
Blood reserves hit critical levels: '4,000 bags of blood needed every day' A team of Cooks Hill soccer players have a new goal: saving lives. Newcastle Herald · May 20, 2024
Tell Us What Free Snacks Would Get You To Donate Blood & We Might Give You $500 Australian Red Cross Lifeblood wants to know what free food and drink you want at your next blood donation. And you might win $500 in return. Pedestrian.tv · May 20, 2024
Concern as Canberra blood donations hit 'critical' level Lifeblood is experiencing a low level of blood donations. The Canberra Times · May 19, 2024
Low blood donation storages as sickness grips Victoria Lifeblood Red Cross is calling on new donors to step up, as sickness plagues Victoria. AAP · May 19, 2024
“It was us trying to be a different version of ourselves”: James Dean Bradfield on the making of Manic Street Preachers' 2004 album Lifeblood The band recently announced a 20th anniversary reissue of their seventh album Louder · Feb 11, 2024
Why police are rolling up their sleeves these holidays - and want you to 'As first responders, we know how important blood donations are.' Newcastle Herald · Dec 29, 2023
'Critical holiday period': 200 extra blood donors needed in Hunter 200 extra blood donors are needed in Hunter over New Year period Newcastle Herald · Dec 28, 2023
'Life-changing': Hunter blood donors needed to help people like young Saxon A son's cancer taught his mum the importance of blood donations. Newcastle Herald · Dec 15, 2023
Australian Scientists Create World’s Tiniest Mustache On Red Blood Cell Microscopic 'Mo' Raises Awareness for Men's Health and Blood Donation Zenger · Nov 22, 2023
Parents of Poppy Grace Middleton call for blood donations as supplies run low Lifeblood staff say a bad flu season sparks need for urgent donations. Newcastle Herald · Jun 2, 2023
ABC News · May 26, 2023 Red Cross Lifeblood calls for poo donations to carry out lifesaving treatments and research Poo donations are being used to treat a deadly gut infection, with trials recording a huge cure rate. Donors say its easier than giving blood, but there's not enough of them.
ABC News · May 24, 2023 Red Cross denies regional blood shortages despite cancer patient turned away twice in one month The Australian Red Cross's Lifeblood service strongly denies there are blood shortages in regional Western Australia, despite a cancer patient on the Goldfields being turned away from transfusion appointments for the second time this month.
ABC News · May 18, 2023 People 'keen to donate' in push to reopen Kalgoorlie blood donor centre a decade after closure Outside of the state's south, there's almost nowhere to donate blood if you live in regional Western Australia, but residents in Kalgoorlie-Boulder hope to change that.
The New Daily · Mar 20, 2023 Urgent call for blood and plasma donations The Australian Red Cross has issued a desperate plea for blood and plasma donors as demand from hospitals reaches its highest level in nearly a decade.
ABC News · Feb 24, 2023 Australian Islamic community donates to Lifeblood to increase rare blood type supplies Australia's Islamic community is participating in what it hopes will be one of the nation's largest religious blood drives for the Australian Red Cross's Lifeblood.
The Canberra Times · Feb 3, 2023 Lifeblood urging people to donate blood ahead of World Cancer Day Lifeblood has teamed up with fashion designer Camilla Franks.
ABC News · Feb 2, 2023 Calls for federal, state governments to green-light postal cheek swabs to recruit bone marrow donors A Brisbane father battling leukaemia says allowing people to register as bone marrow donors through a postal recruitment program would help thousands like him access vital transplants.
Pedestrian.tv · Oct 5, 2022 TIL You Can Give Plasma The Second After Getting A Tattoo Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me Earlier? No Ragrets.
ABC News · Jul 26, 2022 Number of Australians who have had COVID-19 jumps in June survey of blood samples Australia's most recent blood testing for relevant antibodies suggests at least 46 per cent of adults had been infected with COVID-19 by early June.
The Conversation · Jul 24, 2022 People who lived in the UK in the 'mad cow disease' years may now be able to give blood. The risk of vCJD is tiny From today, eligible people who were in the United Kingdom in the 80s and 90s will be able to donate blood in Australia again.
The Canberra Times · Jul 1, 2022 Lifeblood moves to axe key question from plasma screening The Red Cross is pushing to remove sexual history questions from its plasma donor screening.