The American Red Cross, The Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies as well as the American Hospital Association are warning of an emergency blood shortage after its national blood inventory plummeted more than 25% in July.

This summer’s record setting heat is a significant contributor to recent blood collection challenges impacting almost Red Cross 100 blood drives in the last month — in nearly every state where the Red Cross collects blood — further compounding other typical…

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