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Donors have shown up all morning at NBC Telemundo Connecticut and Hartford Yard Goats blood drive. Siobhan McGirl shows the families impacted by blood donations and what it means to them.

The American Red Cross says their blood supply is in a very vulnerable state and is urging those who can donate to do so.

Connecticut and Rhode Island Blood Centers announced a blood emergency, as school breaks and increased traveling have caused an alarming drop in donations. The Connecticut Blood Center (CTBV) and the Rhode Island Blood Center (RIBC), said that hospitals and patients rely on a steady flow of volunteer donors to receive life-saving blood donations. According to the latest figures put out…

It’s certainly not baseball season yet, but lots of people made their way to Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford Thursday. It was one of two locations for NBC and Telemundo Connecticut’s New Beginnings Blood Drive. As the country deals with a dangerously low blood supply, we’re so thankful for so many of you who have stepped up to the...

NBC and Telemundo paired up with the Hartford Yard Goats and The American Red Cross for our annual New Year’s Blood Drive. While there is still a blood shortage across the country, almost 200 hundred donated blood today. Appointments to donate blood can still be made.

The American Red Cross on Tuesday said it declared its first-ever “blood crisis” as it faces the worst national blood shortage in about a decade.

The American Red Cross says it is experiencing a severe blood shortage and is urging people to donate. Last week, the Red Cross, in partnership with NBC Connecticut, Telemundo CT and the Hartford Yard Goats, held the state’s largest single-day blood drive. The event was a great success, collecting 310 units of blood. It surpassed the goal of 300, yet…

The American Red Cross says they are experiencing a critical shortage in blood donations.

In partnership with NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut, the American Red Cross held a blood drive on Tuesday.

NBC Connecticut’s Heidi Voight talks with Jocelyn Hillard from the American Red Cross about the need for blood donors and the upcoming blood drive.

Register to donate blood on Tuesday, June 15!

There has been a recent dip in blood donations in Connecticut, according to Peter Boucher, an account manager for the American Red Cross. With more people available for the COVID-19 vaccine, Boucher is wondering if that is contributing to the decrease in donations. His message is that you don’t have to wait to donate. “As long as they are...

Our two-day winter blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross and Hartford Yard goats helped save over 400 lives. West Hartford Town Hall and Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford both opened their doors to donors Wednesday and Thursday and every donation was greatly appreciated. Winter is a notoriously difficult time to get blood donations. Between the holidays, illnesses…

In Connecticut alone, the Red Cross must collect 302 units of blood every day to meet hospital patient needs

Nolan McCann is one of NBC Connecticut’s favorite kids! He and his family have been a part of our blood drives held with the Red Cross since his diagnosis with cancer, before he even turned 2.  But Nolan no longer requires blood transfusions and has now finished chemotherapy. This fighter beat cancer. The 5-year-old has been living with Acute Lymphoblastic...

A transgender man says his gender at birth was required on his intake form when he was trying to donate blood in Virginia.

Milford has a creative take on getting people to donate blood and donors can choose who to credit their blood donation to — police or fire. It’s a battle of the badges aimed to increase blood donations when they are desperately needed.

Yale New Haven Health workers rolled up their sleeves Thursday and got to work. The employees on the front line of the coronavirus fight made life-saving donations. “The people who work in healthcare tend to be pretty service orientated to begin with and it’s another way we can try to be helpful,” said Samuel Miller, a surgical resident at...

Health care workers at Yale New Haven Health rolled up their sleeves to donate blood as blood shortages grow in the state.