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Blood donors are urgently needed nationwide as the impact of Cyclone Alfred in Queensland leads to a shortfall of more than 1,000 blood and plasma donations a day.
05 March 2025
The world’s most prolific blood and plasma donor, James Harrison OAM, has passed away aged 88.
01 March 2025
Many countries regularly experience blood shortages including plasma (the liquid gold part of blood), Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is the first in the world to allow people with an inherited iron
19 February 2025
Recognised for his leadership as Chief Medical Officer during the Australian Government’s initial national COVID-19 response, Prof Murphy AC brings a wealth of experience to Lifeblood and will also
04 February 2025
Lifeblood has issued an urgent call for blood donors this week after a record number of planned blood donations were cancelled last week, putting pressure on blood supplies.
07 January 2025
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is making a final call for blood donors for 2024, with an extra 860 donations a day still needed across the country this week to maintain supplies for patients.
27 December 2024
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has launched its annual Christmas Blood Blitz to ensure blood supplies are available for patients over the festive season.
16 December 2024
Tens of thousands of people with a common genetic condition who need to give blood as part of their medical treatment are being urged to consider donating at an Australian Red Cross Lifeblood donor centre to save lives.
11 October 2024
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s life-changing donor stool product has received Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approval for use in patients with a potentially life-threatening bowel infection.
25 September 2024
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is calling for 100,000 people to become blood and plasma donors, as it launches a new campaign asking people to find their reason to give.
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s new WA Pop-Up donor centre will open its doors to blood donors for the first time in September.
26 August 2024
Australia’s blood supply has felt the freeze this winter with the percentage of people cancelling appointments due to cold and flu symptoms the highest it's been in five years.
18 August 2024
Life-saving donors will be celebrated in donor centres across the country from the end of the month, with a specially designed bandage by Indigenous artist, Brad Hore.
25 July 2024
Residents in Busselton, Armadale, and Cockburn will soon be able to donate blood close to home.
26 June 2024
We are delighted to share that Professor Brendan Murphy AC will become the new Chair of Australian Red Cross Lifeblood early next year, taking on the position from current Chair Mr Jim Birch AM.
13 June 2024
In an Australian-first, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s blood supply levels are now available to view in real-time in the hope
12 June 2024
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has issued an immediate call for donors as their reserves of most blood types drop to critical levels.
17 May 2024
Lifeblood says there’s a risk blood stocks will be stretched following the ANZAC Day weekend unless more donors book a donation this weekend.
22 April 2024
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is calling for mothers in the Brisbane area with excess breast milk to help restock the freezers for the state’s premature and low birth-weight babies.
10 April 2024
Much-loved Australian designer and artist Lisa Gorman has joined forces with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood to create a limited-edition bandage to encourage Aussies to support the nation’s healthca
05 April 2024
The need for blood is 3 percent higher than the same time last year, while demand for platelets, the clotting agent in blood, is at a record high.
25 March 2024
The first study to look at the prevalence of lesser-known blood groups within the Australian population that need to be “matched” during a blood transfusion shows they have changed, most likely due
05 March 2024
While Australians enjoy an extra 24 hours this month, the bonus leap year day, February 29, means an extra day of need for patients in hospitals.
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