(Undated) — The Red Cross is running low on blood, and the blood donation shortage is nationwide. According to the American Red Cross, fewer donors than needed gave this summer, drawing down the national blood supply and reducing distributions to hospitals. They say Hurricane Idalia further strained the blood supply with blood drive cancellations and reduced blood and platelet donations in affected areas. They say when Idalia slammed into the Southeast it compounded a shortfall of about 30,000 donations in August. Right now, blood product distributions to hospitals are outpacing the number of blood donations coming in. You can find a list of area blood drives at redcrossblood.org.
March 11, 2019. Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee. Photographs from blood bank at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, blood donations at Red Cross on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Sanford Myers/American Red Cross
Blood Donations Needed
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