The 2nd annual Red Cross Blood Drive happened on Friday, July 25. The event celebrated the second anniversary of the FDA ...

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.

The American Red Cross said Monday that it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage, and extreme heat may be partly to blame. In a press release, the organization said its national blood ...

The American Red Cross is offering a Fandango Movie reward for those who donate blood and platelets in the remaining days of ...

This means the Red Cross, which says it supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood donations, has had to limit distributions of some of the most transfused blood types to hospitals, according to ...

If you're interested in donating, the Red Cross said you can make an appointment to give blood or platelets by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED ...

Red Cross said it's had about 7,000 fewer blood units than needed in the past couple of weeks. That shortage means hospitals must rely on their own blood banks to fill that gap.

The American Red Cross is urgently sounding the alarm on an "emergency" shortage of blood donations that can mean "life and death" for patients. Donations have reached an alarming 20-year low with ...

The American Red Cross urges all donors to give blood or platelets now to keep the blood supply strong this summer. Type O ...

The American Red Cross is facing an emergency blood shortage after extreme heat impacted blood drives last month. The national supply has fallen by more than 25% since July 1, the Red Cross said.

How to donate blood. Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) ...

That blood type is crucial, the agency says, as Dr. Barry Siegfried, medical director of the Red Cross Michigan Region explains in a release: “It’s critical that hospitals have both type O ...