In a public statement on January 27, 2022, the American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) urged as many people as possible to donate blood. The pandemic's impact has driven down donations in communities once relied upon for large donations just as the current surge...
Across the country, hospitals and blood donation centers are experiencing an unprecedented shortage of blood. This is due to an uptick in surgeries that were postponed during the pandemic.
According to Dr. Pampee Young, Chief Medical Officer of Biomedical Services for the American Red Cross, it's been two decades since hospitals have...
