transfusion

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At one point since the crash, Vonn said, she received a blood transfusion to raise her hemoglobin levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The culture of blood donation in the U.S. evolved during World War II, shortly after several discoveries that advanced transfusion medicine and at a cultural moment when extraordinary home-front efforts supported Allied troops.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Her dad, Campbell McPhee, went undiagnosed for 30 years after being infected by a blood transfusion in Inverness in the 80s.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

The second time it happened, Harrison experienced life-threatening sepsis and had to travel to a hospital outside her insurance network to receive a blood transfusion, the complaint states.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

One sister might have died had not Woody provided blood by direct transfusion.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston