The Latest Breaking News from Red Cross

British Leukemia Patient Finds Rare Match In Austrian Stem-Cell Donor

In an amazing one-in-500,000 donor match, an Austrian man may have saved a woman's life.

Zenger · Jan 28, 2022

Relief efforts ramp up in Tonga, more aid arrives

Humanitarian aid to Tonga is ramping up after the airport was cleared of ash, making it safe for planes to land, the Red Cross said on Wednesday, days after a volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated the South Pacific archipelago.

Reuters · Jan 26, 2022

Typhoon Rai wrecked 1.5 million houses in the Philippines: Report

Red Cross says as much as $22 million is needed to support more than 400,000 people over the next 24 months.

Al Jazeera · Jan 25, 2022

Three of Tonga's smaller islands badly damaged by tsunami

Three of Tonga’s smaller islands have suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross say, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the destruction caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific archipelago nation

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022

Red Cross to change rules to allow blood donations sooner after having COVID-19

Facing blood shortages, the Red Cross is changing the rules about how quickly you can donate after having COVID-19.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2022

Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2022