This September, during Childhood Cancer Awareness and Blood Cancer Awareness Month, nonprofit Vitalant encourages blood donors to give, highlighting the crucial role blood and platelets play in cancer treatments. More than a quarter of the U.S. blood supply goes to help patients during cancer ...

Ambulance and Chair EMS paramedics are always on standby to respond to an emergency. Now, paramedics have a new tool to save lives. Through its affiliation with UPMC, Ambulance and Chair EMS is among the first in the region to carry blood on ambulances and administer blood to patients with ...

With the weather heating up people are going to be spending much more time outdoors, and reports of illnesses such as Lyme disease are expected to “tick” up. To help people stay healthy, this week the Pennsylvania Department of Health launched a tool on its website for tracking cases of ...