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Kim Oh Seok

Associate Professor of Geography, Korea University, South Korea
Health and mortality

Too old to give blood? Not in South Korea

October 12, 2026September 28, 2026 Kim Oh Seok
Asia, Health, South Korea

As populations age across East Asia, blood banks face a double squeeze: fewer young donors and more elderly patients needing transfusions. South Korea, Oh Seok Kim notes, has promptly responded … Read more

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