The math doesn’t add up - someone in America needs blood every 2 seconds, but less than 10% of Americans donate blood annually.
As the U.S. endures its worst blood shortage in more than a decade, many doctors are being forced to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions right now - and who will have to wait.
KPRC 2 News Today spoke with Dr. Glenn Ramsey, Professor of Pathology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, about what can be done to restore the blood supply.