Red Cross staffer freed after Afghanistan kidnapping, organization says

The International Committee of the Red Cross said the staffer was snatched on Dec. 19th in the northern province of Kunduz

• Jan 15, 2017

Evacuation mission in east Aleppo complete, Red Cross says

An operation to take tens of thousands out of east Aleppo and two Shi'ite villages is over, report says

• Dec 22, 2016

The complicated story of NGOs in post-disaster Haiti

As the 7-year anniversary of the earthquake approaches, a look at what NGOs have – and haven't – accomplished in Haiti

• Dec 19, 2016

Rebuilding Haiti: Hopes for a homegrown recovery

“We want to send a powerful message, which is, we can do it,” says the head of one local community garden

• Dec 18, 2016

Hurricane help: Best ways to lend a hand after the storm

From gift cards to blood donations, here's how to help people beset by the ravages of Hurricane Matthew

• Oct 7, 2016

Red Cross in urgent need of blood donations

The Red Cross says all blood types are critically low as the national stockpile dwindles to only a five-day supply

• Jul 27, 2016

American Red Cross apologizes for "racist" pool poster

The cartoon poster showed children playing in a swimming pool, and it has since been removed from the organization's safety campaign

• Jun 28, 2016

Mystery bacteria linked to 18 deaths

Medical detectives seek source of bloodstream infection that's sickened dozens of people

• Mar 4, 2016

How does Zika virus spread?

There's a lot of concern and confusion about how the virus is transmitted; here's what we know so far

• Feb 12, 2016

Red Cross takes steps to protect blood supply from Zika

American Red Cross asks travelers to hold off on blood donations as a precaution, but says risk of transmission is "extremely low"

• Feb 3, 2016

Convoy crosses into Syria for border village evacuation

Move is part of U.N.-backed truce deal for transfer of thousands of Shiite and Sunni civilians from two key Syrian battlegrounds

• Dec 28, 2015

After Sandy response, donations to Red Cross fall

There were numerous natural disasters across the U.S. in fiscal 2014, though none on the scale of Sandy or Katrina

• Oct 29, 2015

How bureaucracy, bungling hurt Ebola response

AP investigation: Expired supplies, missing gear and red tape undermined World Health Organization's response to crisis

• Sep 21, 2015

2 Yemeni Red Cross workers killed in rebel-held area

Yemen has been mired in violence since Shiite rebels captured Sanaa last September

• Sep 2, 2015

Searchers combing miles to find missing Ky. flood victims

Rescuers are racing to find people who disappeared in the flooding; so far three have been found dead

• Jul 15, 2015

Breath-holding games are killing swimmers, CDC warns

Underwater contests and extreme training can be deadly, even for strong swimmers

• May 22, 2015