As night fell, the gunfire ceased. Clara Barton had been nursing soldiers since the Battle of Antietam began, and now she ensured that the barn with wounded soldiers was well lit with the lanterns she brought. Barton walked from the barn to the house, where she found a surgeon sitting in one of the small,…

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—Amid a severe blood shortage, California lawmakers introduced a new bill on Feb. 15 to encourage blood donation by granting tax credits to companies and organizations that sponsor blood drives.   Senate Bill 1025, introduced by Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) and coauthored by Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), would encourage the hosting of…

Los Angeles County officials are urging residents to donate blood as the national blood shortage crisis is impacting local hospitals—to the point of prompting an hours-long shutdown of a trauma center by the county’s Department of Health Services earlier this week. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s trauma center had to stop accepting new patients for over two…

The American Red Cross says it’s facing a national blood crisis and is urging more people to donate blood to alleviate the worst shortage its seen in more than a decade. The low supply is posing a risk to patients and forcing doctors to decide who gets blood transfusions now and who will have to wait…

The University of California–Irvine (UCI) is holding a series of blood drives to help offset an “unprecedented” nationwide blood shortage. The American Red Cross announced last year a severe blood shortage due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic and resulting blood drive cancellations. Today, the shortage persists as hospitals prepare for a greater shortfall during the warmer months. “[During]…