Donors at Brookfield Zoo Chicago Blood Drive Wednesday Get Free Admission Amid Supply Crisis

‘Unique win-win situation’: Bloodworks Northwest offers free testing for blood donors

Bloodworks Northwest in Vancouver hopes to replenish the region’s perilously low blood supplies by attracting donors with free comprehensive blood testing.

Donors at Brookfield Zoo Chicago blood drive Wednesday get free admission amid supply crisis

Donors at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago blood drive Wednesday get free admission amid an American Red Cross supply crisis.

American Red Cross declares a national blood supply crisis

While summer seems to be speeding to an end, blood donations remain slow.

Heatwave blood crisis exposes EU’s risky dependence on American plasma

Extreme heat and damaged air quality is reducing blood donations in the US, Europe’s largest external supplier of plasma, as the country’s largest provider of blood faces a national supply crisis. The US Red Cross declared its second-ever national blood supply crisis last week, as heatwave season presents an exacerbated demand for blood products alongside a four-year summer low in supply. The nonprofit quoted poor air quality and widespread food…

Red Cross issues rare blood donor crisis call

Despite thousands of people who have stepped up to help end the emergency blood shortage since it was declared in July, donations are still not keeping pace with hospital demand, and the situation has escalated.