Blood

MDA deploys an ambulance every 22 seconds through 2025, with more than 1 million calls

According to their 2025 statistics report, MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times.

Magen David Adom vehicles.
Yair Lifshitz

Adding Light Through Giving Blood

 Gene therapy restores hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness. Illustration.

Children born with deadly immune flaw get powerful new gene therapy option

Illustration of a blood test.

IDF rolls out innovative blood test to spot heart attack risk years in advance


Sweet success in Ben & Jerry’s-MDA blood donor project

To sweeten the project, Ben & Jerry’s set up ice-cream carts at four blood donation stations across the country where anyone who donated blood received free ice cream.

 ONE OF the MDA-Ben & Jerry’s donation stations.

Lab-grown red blood cells transfused into people in first trial -NHS

Two people have been given the lab-grown cells and have so far had no side effects. 

A paramedic takes a blood sample from a front line ambulance worker, Britain June 5, 2020

Undead, unknown: Scientists discover identity of 19th century vampire

In 1990, the body of an unknown man was dug up in Griswold, Connecticut, and it was clear to those who discovered him that something about him was unusual. Now, scientists have found the answer.

The identity of a 19th century "vampire" has finally been revealed after more than 200 years. This is what he would have looked like.

'Golden blood' - only 43 people in the world have this rare blood type

If you have type AB blood and you are used to hearing how rare it is, you will be surprised to hear that there is one type even rarer. So what are we talking about?

A blood bank at a local hospital in Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.

How to make tattoos hurt less: Scientists make painless tattoos - study

While tattoos are wanted, and sometimes needed, the agonizing pain included in the deliverance deters people from getting them.

 A microneedle patch tattoo is pressed to the skin.

Blood types: What are blood types and what do they mean? - explainer

Your blood type is determined by several factors and is important in helping you get a blood transfusion if necessary. Here is everything you need to know.

Test tubes, taken by a health care worker, with plasma and blood samples after a separation process in a centrifuge during a coronavirus vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, US, September 24, 2020.

Fast-acting white blood cells can protect from strokes - study

The new University of Pittsburgh study offers a potential therapy for protection against stroke – at least in mice.

 Stroke (illustrative)

Iron buildup in brain can raise risk of movement disorders - study

Iron overload, usually caused by the genetic condition hereditary hemochromatosis, can cause a wide number of health issues, but this study sheds light on its impact on the brain.

 The brain (illustrative).

Cats injured in wildfires at risk of deadly blood clots

Researchers discovered that cats with injuries from wildfires had more overactive platelets than healthy cats or even those with heart disease.

A cat is seen being treated at the clinic of SPCA Israel.

Blood thickness can predict risk of COVID death - study

Researchers found that COVID-19 patients with a high blood viscosity had a 60% higher chance of dying than patients with a low blood viscosity. 

COVID-19 is seen in a blood vessel (Illustrative).