Solvita

Blood donations tend to slow down over the holidays, and the winter storm forced donation center closures in Cincinnati and Dayton Monday.

The acquisition does not include Solvita's global tissue services sector.

Hoxworth and Solvita, the two blood centers serving the Cincinnati Public Radio listening area, are in need of all blood types.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May updated its guidance on who is allowed to donate blood. The new rules eliminate restrictions specifically prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating.

Solvita, formerly the Community Blood Center, harvested donated skull and hip bones and made it flexible to cover the boys heads.

The former Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Bank has changed its name to Solvita. "Sol" meaning "sun" and "vita" meaning "life."

Skin allografts from Community Tissue Services in Dayton are being used in Hawai'i to help treat burn victims.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May updated its guidance on who is allowed to donate blood. The new rules eliminate restrictions specifically prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating.

Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services is celebrating a historic milestone — the agency distributed a record one million tissue grafts in 2022 alone.

In the wake of disasters and emergencies, there's frequently a need for blood donations. Now, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with a Southwest Ohio tissue center on a inventory of donor skin to immediately treat injuries from mass casualty emergencies involving burns.