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Widespread blood shortages reported

Original post made on Jan 9, 2014

A seasonal drop in blood donations has produced a shortage of O-positive blood at the Stanford Blood Center and a nationwide shortage of platelets and types O, A-negative and B-negative due to the recent storms in the Midwest and East Coast.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, January 9, 2014, 9:20 AM

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Posted by Spec
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jan 9, 2014 at 6:02 pm

OK, Stanford Blood Center . . . I'll stop by. Make sure you have some tasty cookies. :-)


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a resident of Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle

on Jun 5, 2017 at 2:51 pm

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