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Dengue Fever Stops Some Blood Donations

Health News Florida | By Health News Florida
Published September 12, 2013 at 11:42 AM EDT
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The state’s largest blood collection agency has stopped collecting blood in Martin and St. Lucie counties amid several reports of dengue fever, the Palm Beach Post reports. OneBlood provides blood to 200 hospitals in Florida, Alabama and Georgia. 

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