United Blood Services has revved up its efforts to increase blood supplies this summer by enticing donors with the possibility of winning a new car.

February 26, 2005

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Donate blood this weekend, and you could see the Phoenix Coyotes play for free.

May 6, 2005

Families of young people who need blood and bone marrow transplants will soon be spared the 120-mile journey down Interstate 10 to Tucson for treatment.

East Valley residents have a chance to win a Volkswagen Beetle, but you’ve got to give up the juice first.

Although it was only one scene, Paul Dano was thrilled to be working on director Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, “There Will Be Blood.”

People lined up before sunrise Wednesday to donate blood at the Trilogy at Power Ranch adult living center in Gilbert during a collection drive that far exceeded expectations.

WASHINGTON - The numbers are a shock: Almost 1 billion people worldwide have high blood pressure, and over half a billion more will harbor this silent killer by 2025.

Arizona’s first public umbilical cord blood bank opened Thursday in Gilbert. Celebration Stem Cell Centre is a privately owned facility at 3495 S. Mercy Road, near Banner Gateway Medical Center.

The cross country season is always a productive one in the Ahwatukee Foothills area.

The cross country season is always a productive one in the Ahwatukee Foothills area.

State health officials are investigating whether the latest death from the West Nile virus is linked to a blood transfusion.

Blood used in a transfusion now under investigation for a possible link to a West Nile virus death came from two south East Valley donors, according to United Blood Services of Arizona.

First, it was bowling. Now, bingo — a game that came to America in 1929 under the name "beano" — might be the next retro craze.

MEXICO CITY - Headless bodies in Tijuana, kidnapped children in Phoenix and shootouts on the streets of Vancouver: These are the unwanted byproducts of progress in the Mexican drug war.

The Thunderbirds and United Blood Services are offering a free ticket to the FBR Open to anyone who gives blood this month. It's the sixth year the two organizations have combined for the blood drive.

A sticky red stain that looks like blood first appeared outside the downtown Tempe post office on Halloween night, postal officials said Friday.

One lucky blood donor from Mesa will have a new car waiting for her when she returns from her California vacation.

Donating blood platelets is a laid-back kind of heroism. It feels a lot like watching “Matlock” on closed-captioned TV because, well, most of it IS watching “Matlock” on closed-captioned TV. So your discomfort is proportional to your feelings about Andy Griffith.

An increasing number of Arizona police departments are using blood samples rather than breath tests to build cases against drunken drivers, making it increasingly difficult for offenders to fight their DUIs.