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As AIDS became more widely known, the Red Cross sought to reassure the public of the safety of blood donation.

The emergence and rapid spread of AIDS in the 1980s led to fears about procedures such as blood donation. Very little was known about the cause of the disease, which later was discovered to be a virus called HIV.

LASC-LACC sponsored a blood drive for Korean War veterans, they challenge clubs and organizations on campus on who gives the largest number of pints of blood would receive a trophy. The manufacturers of gamma globulin, polio immunization serum, take…