The American Red Cross is looking for blood and platelet donors to avoid a dip in supply this summer. “In addition to summer ...

The Red Cross needs all blood types, but O-type blood is needed the most because it can be received by nearly all of the population in a trauma or emergency situation. Blood platelets are also in high ...

Lawrence said the American Red Cross typically reaches their lowest supply in late summer or early fall, but they’re trying ...

The American Red Cross says donations are at a 20-year low. It says in order to shore up the need at hospitals, an extra 8,000 blood donations would have to be collected each week.

The American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage as already record low donations were impacted by drives canceled due to heat.

American Red Cross and other blood organizations say donations are at historically low levels. The shortage stems from pandemic-era behavior changes.

A summer slump in donations, made worse by climate disasters, has led to a national shortage at the American Red Cross, which distributes 40 percent of the blood supply.

The American Red Cross is sounding the alarm that the United States’ blood supply has fallen by nearly 25% since early August, to what it describes as “critically low levels.”The ...

The American Red Cross partnered with several organizations to host a metro-wide blood drive to donate to people with sickle cell disease.

The American Red Cross urges all donors to give blood or platelets now to keep the blood supply strong this summer.

The American Red Cross revealed the nation is facing an emergency blood shortage, an issue in part prompted by the recent sweltering summer weather. Since July 1, the national blood supply has ...