San Diego Blood Bank

Christ Ministry Center and Safe Harbors San Diego is expecting to house Afghan refugees within a couple of weeks. NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports.

A new treatment to help fight COVID-19 variants could be on the way, thanks to the San Diego Blood Bank. They’ve teamed up with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority or (BARD), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to help fight COVID infections that are filling up San Diego hospitals. San Diegan...

A Mothers Day blood drive was held Sunday in National City in honor of a baby with a rare form of anemia.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀. Make an appointment to ensure blood is available for local patients like Baby Severina.Every few weeks, Baby Sevey needs blood transfusions to help her stay healthy while battling kidney illness and a rare form of anemia – alpha thalassemia. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀? For…

Steve Harrell is a retiree from Florida who has made it his mission to give blood in all 50 states

Veteran and Florida retiree Steve Harrell is a universal O-negative donor, which is especially good news right now for the San Diego Blood Bank, which is in the throes of a critical shortage, reports NBC 7’s Allison Ash.

As local hospitals continue to reschedule elective surgeries delayed due to COVID-19 and utilize even more blood for standard surgeries, the San Diego Blood Bank on Thursday put out an urgent call for donors to replenish its critically low blood supply.

San Diego Blood Bank (SDBB), the local blood bank serving San Diego County, is celebrating National Blood Donor Month throughout January by inviting eligible individuals to donate blood and convalescent plasma in 2021 with the goal of creating a robust supply that can meet local hospital patient needs. National Blood Donor Month has been observed in January since 1970 with…

Stimulus relief can be make or break for small business, so business owners hope the money is distributed the right way. NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas has the story.

That new stimulus relief bill includes $284 billion for small businesses through the SBA’s flagship forgivable relief loan – the Paycheck Protection Program – or PPP for short. So before the president signs the second wave of relief into law, NBC 7 Investigates did a deep dive into who got the most money here in San Diego the first time…

The San Diego Blood Bank is woefully low on supplies, possibly due to the pandemic.

According to the blood bank, orders have more than tripled in the last month and they have also been called upon to help supply national surge centers in anticipation of a spike in usage across the country

Eager to get on the nice list this year and help fellow San Diegans? The Grossmont Center is hosting a blood drive and is accepting food donations.

SDCCU Holiday Bowl is hosting a food and blood drive at Grossmont Center to support San Diegans hit hard by the pandemic. Here’s how to help.

The Holiday Bowl Food and Blood Drive takes place Thursday at Grossmont Center in La Mesa. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez shares how you can help while still following pandemic safety guidelines.

San Diego State University’s Interfraternity Council, along with numerous other student organizations, put out a call Monday for those in the SDSU community to donate COVID-19 convalescent plasma and blood during the month of October.

Filmmaker couple participated in a number of studies, including COVID-19 convalescent plasma, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

“The data is what they need to speed this thing up,” said Chris Francis while sitting on a park bench next to his wife. “Whether it’s solutions or, even better, prevention, they just need data because it’s so new.” Chris and Krista Francis recently recovered from coronavirus. They don’t know how they contracted the virus. However, it deprived Krista...

With schools and colleges moving online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Diego Blood Bank put out a call to the public Tuesday asking for more blood donations as campus blood drives are canceled or put on hiatus.

Three family members who have recovered from COVID-19 after being diagnosed in May have signed up to donate convalescent plasma in hopes that the antibodies located inside can help others recover from COVID-19, too.