April 12, 2018. Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax Blood Donation Center Blood Donation Pictured: American Red Cross blood donor sponge ball Blood donor squeezes an American Red Cross sponge ball while dontating blood at the Fairfax, Virginia Blood Donation Center. Photo by Michelle Frankfurter for the American Red Cross.
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Blood donations needed to avoid critical shortage

Blood donations experienced a steep decline during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and are still recovering.  Earlier this year, the American Red Cross, responsible for almost half of the nation’s blood supply, announced the second major blood shortage since 2020. There’s been a 10% decline in their donors since COVID swept the nation according […]