Blood bag shortages nationwide, particularly for the only universal blood type, O-negative, has been causing organizations to issue an urgent appeal to donors, multiple sources report. The ...

Bags of donated blood hanging in processing ... Secondly, those with an O negative blood type are so-called "universal donors," meaning their donations can be used in transfusions for any patient ...

O-negative blood is crucial because it can be donated ... Blood Assurance is offering an exclusive "Save 3 Lives" tote bag to all donors this month. Additionally, donors who give blood twice ...

O-positive donors can give blood to anyone with a positive blood type. O negative. If you have this rare blood type like 6.6% of Americans, you can donate it to anyone with any blood type.

There are eight common blood types: A positive, A negative, B positive, B negative, O positive, O negative, AB positive and AB negative. But which is the rarest? Here's what to know.

Your blood type might seem like a minor detail in your medical history, but it carries significant implications for your health and medical care. From emergency transfusions to pregnancy planning ...

“The hospital aims to collect between 2,500 to 3,000 bags of blood from donors ... However, B negative individuals can only receive blood from B negative or O negative donors.

THOUSANDS of ‘missing’ blood donors across London are being urgently called on as the NHS warns that supplies of O negative are critically low.

The Oklahoma Blood Institute is urging people with type O-negative blood to make donations in a push to stock all air ambulances in the state with the life-sustaining fluid. Only one of the 23 ...

Following tragic events, such as the mass shooting that happened in Birmingham this past weekend, hospitals need blood donations to help survivors. LifeSouth says in these dire cases, O-negative ...