Craig Melvin, a long-time blood donor, is rolling up his sleeve on live TV for a good cause. The TODAY show co-anchor knows ...

Scientists from the French Blood Establishment (EFS) has successfully identified the ultra-rare 48 th blood type group, known as “Gwada negative,” which came from a blood sample originally drawn some ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a new blood type that is so rare it exists in only one person on Earth. The blood type, called “Gwada negative,” was found by ...

Although there are potentially millions of blood types, transfusions made with blood that matches your type according to the well-established ABO-Rh type system have a 99.8 percent chance of success.

Blood may be free in public hospitals, but low supplies leave Zimbabweans borrowing money to pay for private stocks.

People with O-negative blood, for example, can only receive their own type but can donate to all other blood types. It's not uncommon for someone with blood type AB to receive O-type blood during a ...

In early 2025, social media users began spreading a rumor that a Florida surgeon transfused expired blood into Black and Hispanic patients. The claim primarily spread on TikTok; one video on the ...

First major Ohio city to implement on-scene transfusions reports 7 survivors in first 10 cases since June 2025 launch.

Although there are potentially millions of blood types, transfusions made with blood that matches your type according to the well-established ABO-Rh type system have a 99.8 percent chance of success.

However, the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) only recognizes 47 distinct blood type groups, with the latest being added just last year after a 50-year-long mystery. Now, according to ...

Although there are potentially millions of blood types, transfusions made with blood that matches your type according to the well-established ABO-Rh type system have a 99.8 percent chance of success.