Red Cross

JJ Figueroa is a long time participant at our NBC Connecticut blood drives with the American Red Cross. He is well known by donors as the sweet little boy who hands out life saver candies to all who donate because to him, they are saving his life. Born with CVID, or common variable immunodeficiency, JJ has trouble fighting off infections…

We’re only eight days into the Atlantic Hurricane Season and it’s off to a very active start. Cristobal has already made the record books as the earliest third named storm of a season and it could continue to make history as it tracks north. The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal are moving away from the Gulf coast after bringing...

Our local Connecticut Red Cross volunteers deployed to Houston over the weekend in preparation for Cristobal’s landfall and are currently assessing the damage in Louisiana and moving volunteers and supplies to the hardest hit areas as needed

State police and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive at the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden Monday. Gov. Ned Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal stopped by the blood drive at noon to promote the importance of donating blood during the coronavirus pandemic. The blood drive continues through 6 p.m. The Red Cross is…

Plasma is precious for people sick with COVID-19. The liquid portion of blood taken from survivors of the disease may be rich in antibodies that doctors hope can speed up recovery for the sickest patients.

The American Red Cross and blood banks across the nation are putting out an urgent call for donors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus spreads and events and businesses close, donations are dropping, dangerously in some areas.

Start the New Year with a lifesaving resolution by donating blood at the NBC Connecticut/ Telemundo Connecticut Blood Drive on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center in Farmington! The American Red Cross will hold the blood drive from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm at the Blood Donation Center located at 209 Farmington Ave, Farmington,…

A Worcester, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew attempted to save a baby and others from a raging fire. Chief Michael Lavoie said in a press conference that Lt. Jason Menard, a father of three, succumbed to his injuries after his “heroic efforts” to save people in the four-alarm fire at 7 Stockholm Street.

A Worcester, Massachusetts fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew responded to report of a trapped baby during a raging fire at an apartment building.

Strong winds snapped an enormous branch off a tree and sliced a Douglas, Massachusetts, family’s home in two while their young children slept inside overnight. “It split my house right in half!” homeowner Troy Kibbe said Friday morning, outside his now-uninhabitable home.

The devastation wrought by Dorian — and the terror it inflicted during its day-and-a-half mauling of the Bahamas — came into focus Wednesday as the passing of the storm revealed a muddy, debris-strewn landscape of smashed and flooded-out homes on Abaco and Grand Bahama islands. The official death toll from the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit the country...

As Hurricane Dorian barrels toward the southeastern part of the country, veteran Red Cross Volunteer Wayne Dailey of Mystic is packing up for the storm expected to pack a major punch.

A fire late Friday night has displaced residents of 14 apartments at a complex in East Windsor.

The desire to have a selfie as a souvenir from running with the bulls in Spain turned into a near-death experience an American lawyer says he’ll never forget.

A firefighter is injured after battling a fire at a home in Manchester early Thursday morning.

New London Police have arrested a man who is accused of being under the influence when he crashed into a home on Bank Street early Saturday morning.

A man is accused of setting a fire at a Torrington apartment building that forced dozens of people from their homes at the Woodland Hills Apartment Complex in March.

New Zealand’s foreign minister confirmed Monday that a New Zealand nurse has been held captive by the Islamic State group in Syria for almost six years, information long kept secret for fear her life might be at risk. The status of nurse and midwife Louisa Akavi, now 62, is unknown, but her employer, the International Committee of the Red Cross,...

Dozens became displaced after an apartment fire in Torrington Friday. Now that community is coming together to help those impacted.