Today in History

March 15, 1937
Banking in Red
Dr. Bernard Fantus, a physician at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, establishes the world's first blood bank. After developing methods to preserve blood, Fantus opens a facility that will collect, store and preserve donated blood. Coining the term blood bank, Fantus described how the operation would work: "Just as one cannot draw money from a bank unless one has deposited some, so the blood preservation department cannot supply blood unless as much comes in as goes out."



Today's Feature History Article

On the Trail of the West Nile Virus

Some scientists race to develop vaccines against the scourge while others probe the possible lingering effects of the mosquito-borne infection.





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