The International Committee of the Red Cross has raised concern over the misuse of its emblem by private individuals and businesses, warning that such actions could undermine its humanitarian work.The ...

But it was still somewhat unfair that these devs were targeted, given how many other games still use a red cross on a white background to represent health packs and such.

Red Cross and Red Crescent organisations may use these symbols in their logos because of their longstanding role in caring for the sick and wounded during armed conflict. Origin of the emblems. The ...

The Red Cross has about 300,000 fewer donors than it did in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Gehrie said. The organization's donations are at their lowest level in 20 years and have become ...

American nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on this day in history, May 21, 1881. She led the organization until 1904, when she retired to her Maryland home.

1866 and 1870-1871 Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars After the Battle of Königgrätz (now Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic) in 1866, the wounded were tended solely by Prussian Red ...

If Jean Henri Dunant were alive today, standing on the shores of Lake Geneva, perhaps he would understand that the Red Cross on a white background has become something else entirely—a white flag ...

The Red Cross says “The role of the Emergency Response Vehicle Drivers is to serve as a member of a temporary work unit on a disaster relief operation. ERV drivers deploy to large scale ...

As the Red Cross asks for more donations through the winter, they are also making the push to get more first-time donors to any of over 2,000 blood drives and donation sites across Idaho.

EL PASO, TX (KVIA) – In honor of Red Cross Month, The West Texas Chapter of the American Red Cross is opening its doors to the community, to showcase their impact in the Borderland and encourage ...

It has even been used as a secular civic symbol — such as the national flag of Georgia, which consists entirely of a red Jerusalem cross on a white background.

In all, Sweden deployed 75 vehicles, including 35 white-painted buses carrying the Red Cross’s emblematic symbol on the sides and roofs, and 250 volunteers to the mission.