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Charlie looks like any energetic four-year-old, but his life depends on the kindness of strangers, and as the nation's blood and plasma stocks dwindle, the Red Cross is calling for more donors.

Australians have little idea how many people will need blood transfusions during their lifetime and vastly overestimate donor numbers, research shows.

Australia's blood stocks are expected to drop to their lowest point since the start of the pandemic as donations take a nosedive during the country's surge in flu cases.

People previously banned will likely be eligible later in 2022.

There is an urgent call for blood donations this Easter long weekend after supplies have dropped to record low levels. There is currently only enough supplies of emergency blood type O negative to last one and a half days. For the first time, Newcastle Blood Donor Centre will open its…

The Red Cross has put an urgent call out to Australians with crimson gold running in their veins, as blood supplies run low ahead of consecutive long weekends.

New analysis from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has found more than 80 per cent of Australians have a positive blood type.

With the sheer volume of COVID-19 cases wreaking havoc on blood donations, Australian blood banks are slashing the recovery wait time from 28 days to seven.