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The American Red Cross announced Monday the organization faces a blood shortage so severe it cannot provide enough blood to some hospitals that need it for patients. The Washington D.C.-based ...

Metallica, American Red Cross host blood drive prior to the band’s big M72 concert tour hitting Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

The Red Cross supplies almost half the nation's blood supply. "We supply 40% of the nation's blood," McGovern said. "And in order to do that, 13,000 have to show up every single day." ...

Blood is cooled in a transportation case at The American Red Cross donation center in Scranton, Pa., March 9, 2020. Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP, FILE ...

A woman arrives at an American Red Cross blood drive held to help alleviate a blood supply shortage as a result of the coronavirus pandemic at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2020 in Las Vegas.

Ryan Dolce, a platelet donor from Buffalo, New York, is on a mission to visit all 200 Red Cross locations across 36 states.

The American Red Cross recently issued a public call to action due to a plummeting national inventory of blood donations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Red Cross and other blood collectors in the U.S. strongly encourage everyone who is feeling healthy to donate blood, including people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

Red Cross Blood Services, accessed Feb. 20, Blood Donation Eligibility Requirements FDA, Jan. 11, 2022, Updated Information for Blood Establishments Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic and Blood Donation ...

In the first week of March, more than 20% of blood donations from unvaccinated people had Covid-19 antibodies, according to data shared with CNN by the American Red Cross.

How to donate blood. To make an appointment, simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org and use sponsor code: AUDACY, or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767 ...