Oct. 16, 2023 Moving blood across the Middle East Moving lifesaving blood products across the Middle East is no easy task, and the U.S. Central Command’s Theater Joint Blood Program manages it all.
Aug. 25, 2020 COVID-19 patients can give back With flu season fast approaching and no approved vaccine developed for COVID-19, supplies of life-saving measures such as blood and plasma are being put under strain.To help hold back the tide, the Defense Department has established a goal of obtaining 10,000 units of donated COVID-19 convalescent
June 1, 2020 DoD launches effort to collect 8,000 units of COVID-19 convalescent plasma Patients who have recovered from COVID-19 may hold treatment in their veins that could help others who are critically ill with the respiratory infection.
May 29, 2020 DoD COVID-19 survivor gives shoutout to doctors, plasma donors Air Force veteran Patrick Bright, 55, a police officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, nearly died from COVID-19. Then he received a new treatment.Bright was hospitalized at Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital on March 23. His health quickly deteriorated, and four days later he was flown