Red Cross Blood Shortage
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•How extreme heat is contributing to a nationwide blood shortage
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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.
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