Ryan Dolce, a 30-year-old security guard, is on a mission to donate platelets at every American Red Cross donation center in the U.S. Dolce's goal is to donate at all 200 initial centers, then expand ...

Platelets are tiny cell fragments in your blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Nearly 50% of donated platelets go to cancer patients. With a shelf life of only five days, hospitals rely on a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon man marked a major milestone Saturday morning, donating his 100th gallon of platelets to the American Red Cross – enough to save over 400 lives. David Schapiro, 62, a ...

Some teenagers dream of getting a driver's license, buying a cheap car and spending late nights out with friends. But when he was young, Ryan Dolce hoped to one day give blood. At the time, the now-30 ...

NEWARK – A new American Red Cross blood donation site at North 21st and Church streets is more than a place to give blood. The former Family Video building transformed into a place that also collects ...

Asked if there is any blood type the Red Cross ever has too much of, Laura Potter responded, “Never.” Potter, the apheresis manager for the southwest blood services region, explained how apheresis ...

When Ryan Dolce was a teen, he always wanted to be able to donate blood. The 30-year-old Dunkirk, New York, resident said he was unable to donate when he was younger, as he was under the weight ...