January isn’t just National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month — it’s also National Blood Donor Month. According to AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks),
Every day in the U.S. approximately 39,000 units of blood are required in hospitals and emergency treatment facilities to treat patients with cancer and other diseases, to support organ transplant recipients, and to help save the lives of accident and trauma victims. Blood is traditionally in short supply during the winter months due to the holidays, travel schedules, inclement weather and illness. January, in particular, is a difficult month for blood centers to …read more