When the iron storage is gone, your red blood cell count can become severely low, because there’s not enough iron to keep up with the production of new cells. A complete blood count (CBC ...

Your blood contains a wealth of information about the state of your health. Analyzing the levels of each component is an important part of diagnosis.

Before the pandemic, about 25% of donations collected by the Red Cross came from school blood drives. Since then, that percentage has been as low as 10% and currently hovers around 20%.