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How extreme heat is contributing to a nationwide blood shortage

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Summary
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67% Informative

The American Red Cross says there’s an emergency shortage of blood for transfusions.

In July , the national supply dropped by more than 25 percent .

The only solution is more blood donors.

Jessa Merrill , director of biomedical communications at the Red Cross , joins John Yang to discuss.

VR Score

69

Informative language

67

Neutral language

83

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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