The number of people donating blood has dropped 40% over the last two decades, according to the Red Cross. Severe winter weather and illnesses could make an already bad situation even worse, it says.

Distributions of certain blood types are being reduced as the national inventory “plummets” PhotoAlto/Odilon Dimier/Getty The American Red Cross has announced a blood shortage, stating the ...

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.

Red Cross declares nationwide blood supply emergency 01:40. The American Red Cross has declared an emergency blood shortage, saying patients are at risk of not getting lifesaving transfusions.

The American Red Cross sounded the alarm Sunday over a severe blood shortage facing the U.S. as the number of donors dropped to the lowest levels in two decades. The Red Cross said in an ...

The blood supply in the United States has dropped to critically low levels, in part because of “back-to-back months of worsening climate-related disasters,” the American Red Cross said on Monday.

The American Red Cross’s national blood inventory dropped by more than 25 percent in the month of July, driven in part by extreme heat throughout the country, the organization announced Monday.

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The Red Cross’s donations have fallen by almost 40%, and the supply shortage has already affected hospitals as the organization was short 7,000 units the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor app, visit RedCrossBlood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). You can view all of the blood donation locations here.