Donors urged to give now as nation faces lowest number of blood donors in decades
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 The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. The Red Cross blood supply has fallen to critically low levels across the country, and blood and platelet donors are urged to make a donation appointment to help alleviate the shortage and help ensure lifesaving medical procedures are not put on hold.

Over the last 20 years, the number of people donating blood to the Red Cross has fallen by about 40%. When fewer people donate blood, even small disruptions to blood donations – such as the nearly 7,000-unit shortfall in blood donations the Red Cross experienced between Christmas and New Year’s Day alone – can have a huge impact on the availability of blood products and dramatic consequences for those in need of emergency blood transfusion. Blood products are currently going to hospitals faster than blood donations are coming in, and in recent weeks, the Red Cross has had to limit distributions of type O blood products – among the most transfused blood types – to hospitals.

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 Iroquois County >

Danforth
Monday 1/15/2024: 12 pm - 6 pm.  Danforth Community Building 

Watseka
Friday 1/12/2024: 8 am - 12 pm. The Arc of Iroquois County
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Livingston County >

Dwight
Tuesday 1/16/2024: 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm  St. Patrick's Catholic Church

Fairbury
Wednesday 1/24/2024: 11:30 am - 5:30 pm First United Methodist Church

Pontiac
Wednesday 1/24/2024: 11 am - 5 pm  Pontiac Township Senior Community Center

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