St. Louis, United States. 12th Jan, 2022. Manufacturing Tech Delaysia Henry looks through packets of blood in a cooler with many empty shelves, at the Red Cross blood donation center in St. Louis on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. For the first time in its 140-year history, the American Red Cross has declared a national blood crisis. The COVID pandemic, staffing shortages and winter weather, have created shortages nationwide. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News Stock Photo