NBC5: UVM Health, American Red Cross address worsening blood shortage (JUL 21, 2026)
The American Red Cross and University of Vermont Health are asking for more people to donate blood, as inventories of some of the most-needed blood types are approaching crisis levels. UVM Medical Center’s vice chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Mariah McNamara, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of emergency medicine at the Larner College of Medicine, says not having enough blood supplies on hand could affect patient treatments.