blood supply

The Red Cross says donations are at a 20-year low and hospitals are demanding blood products faster than the organization can replenish supplies.

A combination of the pandemic and severe weather have disrupted planned blood drives and caused a drop in donations.

Following the holidays and a snap of unusually cold weather, some Northeast Florida hospitals are dealing with dangerously-low blood supplies. At least...

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said places where Zika virus is being caught locally should not accept blood donations until there’s a…