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Bright and early this morning Gordy made platelet donation number 300. THREE HUNDRED!

A surgeon at MultiCare contracted COVID-19. Now that he's well, he's donating his plasma to help other patients, through a clinical trial run by Cascade Regional Blood Services in partnership with Mayo Clinic.

Regional blood banks are collecting plasma to send to hospitals, giving sick individuals the antibodies to fight COVID-19.

Cascade Regional Blood Services is taking part in a national effort to search for new treatments and vaccines, largely by looking at blood plasma donations from people who have recovered from COVID-19.

Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System, including hospitals in Auburn and Covington, has another treatment option for patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Washington was the first epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., and Pierce County was among the earliest and hardest hit. Now it's at the forefront of the race for new treatments and vaccines, thanks in part to the work of Cascade Regional Blood Services.

Multicare Health System is asking for survivors of COVID-19 to donate plasma to sick patients.

Amanda Westbrook, from TV Tacoma's CityLine speaks to Cascade Regional Blood Services about why now is a safe and important time to give blood.

The News Tribune shares ways you can help, which include making an appointment to donate blood.

The FDA and blood center organizations come together to encourage blood donations, assuring people that donating blood is absolutely safe and direly needed.

Cascade Regional Blood Services awards four $500 scholarships each year to local high school and college students to educate and increase awareness of the need to give back to one’s community.

In Pierce County, the blood supply is down by more than 40 percent, a depletion that could have dire consequences. All healthy adults should consider donating blood now.

Amid fears surrounding the pandemic, Cascade Regional Blood Services wants to assure you that it is completely safe to donate blood—and that your donation is absolutely vital to save lives.

We've been featured in featured in South Sound talk for our work to expand our donor bas to provide the specific blood products needed for Sickle Cell patients at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital.

Earlier this spring Seattle Children’s Hospital was forced to shut down four of its operating rooms due to mold. With these patients being transferred from Seattle to Tacoma, Mary Bridge is in dire need of donors to help support the high demand for blood products.

Key Biologics LLC and Cascade Regional Blood Services (CRBS) today announced a multi-year agreement to provide researchers in academia, pharma and biotech with vital blood products and materials for their research and product manufacturing efforts.