After back-to-back months of worsening natural disasters and severe weather, the national blood supply has dropped nearly 25% since early August.
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00:00 Okay, the American Red Cross, folks, national blood supply has fallen to critically low
00:04 levels, dropping nearly 25 percent since early August and potentially threatening the medical
00:10 care of patients with an emergency need for blood.
00:13 Back-to-back months of worsening climate-driven disasters have further strained the blood
00:19 supply, resulting in blood drive cancellations and reducing much-needed blood and platelet
00:24 donations in affected areas.
00:26 To make an appointment to give blood, donors can use the Red Cross Blood app.
00:30 Visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
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