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Alaska Blood Bank shipping excess blood to California, for a fee

By Alaska Dispatch  
   August 15, 2016

The Blood Bank of Alaska warned of shortages here this summer and asked Alaskans to come forward with one of the most personal donations they can make — their own blood. But most of the time, Blood Bank officials say, Alaska had surpluses, and, for a fee, they shipped on average a sixth of what they collected to California.

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