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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.

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

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...

Some blood drives are continuing in the state to help with a severe blood shortage

The state continues to take steps to combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on the public health and the economy.

The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage due to the coronavirus outbreak. The group said it’s had an unprecedented number of blood drives canceled, and it’s lost near 1,300 blood donations in Connecticut alone. The Red Cross is urging anyone who is health and can donate to give, though they ask that you wait at least 28…

A blood drive scheduled for Friday in Norwich is still on.

The U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday urged all healthy Americans to consider donating blood to help fight a potential nationwide shortage amid the coronavirus outbreak. “Social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement,” Jerome Adams said at a White House press briefing in which he urged anyone who can to “give blood today.”

NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut are teaming up with the American Red Cross for our annual winter blood drive. Click here to find another blood drive near you! A local woman shared the story of the life-saving blood transfusion she received after complications during the birth of her daughter caused her to lose her entire blood volume.