Hispanics’ blood like liquid gold - (great headline - thankfully we aren’t a country of vampires!)

“As blood banks across the country look at the nation’s Hispanic population boom as a source of more so-called universal blood donors, Chicago is already tapping its estimated 1.7 million Latinos as we head into the peak of the summer blood shortage.

It turns out Latinos are more likely than the average American to have Type O blood, the type blood banks value most because it can be used by so many patients. While nationally that potential has been mostly ignored, area blood banks have been quietly capitalizing with a bilingual push.”

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