{
  "id": 25997,
  "title": "American Red Cross declares second-ever national blood supply crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/american-red-cross-declares-second-ever-national-blood-supply-crisis",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-07-30T17:16:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/american-red-cross-blood-supply-crisis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Donations to top US provider have dropped to four-year summer low with less than a day’s supply of type O positive The American Red Cross has declared the second-ever national blood supply crisis after blood donations fell to a four-year summer low. On Monday, the 145-year-old non-profit said that as the United States’ largest single provider of blood products, it now has less than one-day…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}