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Blood type basics Blood type is categorized into one of these eight groups: A-positive, A-negative, B-positive, B-negative, O-positive, O-negative, AB-positive and AB-negative.

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Every person has a specific blood type. Learn what determines your blood type and why it’s important to know what it is.

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Community Blood Center (CBC) has issued an urgent call for types O-negative and O-positive blood, the two most crucial blood types for emergency and trauma care.

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The Community Blood Center says hospitals' supply of Type O blood is dangerously low across Kansas and Missouri.

Shortages and trauma cases leave hospitals with dangerously low stock of O-negative and O-positive blood, prompting urgent call for donors.