Word: blood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Livingston said that the blood is then distributed through 150 local hospitals. The process of giving blood takes about 10 minutes...
More than 900 students are expected to participate in the annual seven-day Harvard Blood Drive getting under way today, organizers said...
...Memorial Hall event is traditionally one of the largest and most important blood drives in the Northeast, "especially because it's during the holdiday season when it's really difficult to collect blood," said Amanda Livingston, an organizer from the sponsoring American Red Cross...
Organizers expressed concern over a trend in recent years away from donating blood, which they said stemmed from nervousness about the origins of the AIDS virus and a student body that "is not as service-minded...
After each unit of blood is collected at the blood drive--which is open to anyone over 17 who weighs more than 110 pounds--it is sent to the Red Cross and tested for hepatitis and the antibody which can lead to AIDS...