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The Miller-Keystone Blood Center is facing a critical shortage of blood supply, prompting an urgent appeal for donors of all blood types.

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The demand for blood donors continues to outpace supply in the Lehigh Valley and the rest of the country, creating a chronic shortage. Is this a new normal?

A local blood bank is urging new donors to give blood and existing donors to increase the number of times they give. Miller Keystone is also encouraging younger and more diverse people to take the time to donate blood.

The demand for blood donors continues to outpace supply in the Lehigh Valley and the rest of the country, creating a chronic shortage. Blood suppliers that once had a two or three day supply on hand are now down to zero to one days.

The American Red Cross and Miller-Keystone Blood Bank are urging people to give blood to avoid a critically low situation. A summer slump and severe weather has impacted donations.

A completive blood drive in underway in the Lehigh Valley. Miller-Keystone Blood Center is having a competition between the Allentown fire and police departments to see who can get the most blood donations.

At a Miller-Keystone Blood Center event in Allentown on Wednesday night, Sofia Groves thanked blood donors whose generosity helped save her life.

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