Blood

After she started haemorrhaging at 22 weeks pregnant, Canberran Sara Batchelor and her daughter Rivah-Skye survived thanks to blood transfusions — and now the mother is urging Australians to roll up their sleeves.

The wait time for some cancer survivors to donate blood has been slashed from five years after their last treatment, to just one. The change comes a fortnight after restrictions on part of the LGBTQIA+ community were loosed. 

Simon "Simmo" Braun has visited every Lifeblood centre in the country, aiming to save lives and set a new blood donation record.

The drug, given as an injection under the skin, combines fragments of a protein found in the beta cells of people with type 1 diabetes and vitamin D to calm the immune response.

The warning from researchers comes after Cyclone Alfred resulted in the cancellation of more than 3,500 blood donation appointments in Queensland and NSW.

Three Blue Mountains residents have received their results from PFAS blood testing, prompting demands for a community-wide study.

The animal blood donation program at Murdoch University's animal hospital seeks more donations as it hits peak demand over the festive season. 

With regular donors away or out of routine, the Red Cross Lifeblood Service often experiences blood shortages over the holidays, but this year demand in Canberra is at a 12-year high. 

The ABC speaks to those who took alternative and complementary medicines after a cancer diagnosis and asks how they navigated their beliefs.

Arthur Croft has been donating blood for decades, reaching his milestone 500th donation, and is one of only a 170 people in Australia who can produce the anti-D antibody.

After baby Valley died at just nine weeks old her mother Elle wanted to find a way to help others fight the challenges of rare childhood disorders and cancer. Together with another young mum, she succeeded.

Two young siblings involved in a crucial bone marrow transplant have been granted a "once-in-a-lifetime" audience with King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their royal tour of Australia.

Haemochromatosis patients are being encouraged to be treated at a blood bank rather than a pathology or a GP clinic where blood gets disposed. 

The Australian Red Cross says demand for blood is at a 12-year high as it launches the trial of a new pop-up donor centre in regional Western Australia.

Caroline Langguth feared she may never be able to have children after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a teen.

One New South Wales man is undertaking a 600-kilometre hike from the state's north to the Central Coast.

A sisterly bond has inspired a group of university students to roll up their sleeves in hopes of being a bone marrow match for a young leukaemia patient. 

Widespread wet weather around the state has created ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes, with a high number tested from traps found to be carrying Ross River Virus.

Welding inspector Peter Robson visited his doctor for a routine check-up. He never imagined the results would reveal an aggressive blood cancer that would change his life forever.

With pet blood products in constant short supply, donations from dogs such as Rugar are the difference between life and death at busy veterinary hospitals.