Sacramento BeeDecades-old ban on blood donation by gay men draws scrutinySacramento BeeThe FDA bans any man who has had sex with another man even once since 1977 from donating blood. The policy, which has remained largely unchanged since its creation d…
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When You Stop Bleeding From Blood Donations
The Spur When people ask me if they should donate blood, I usually say, “absolutely.” It’s something I believe in, and if you want to get paid for it, that’s cool too. There are places that do that. People need blood, and synthetic blood hasn’t been 100 … |
Coffee Memorial Blood Center urges community to donateConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVIICoffee Memorial is the exclusive provider to 39 counties in the HIgh Plains Region and is in constant need of blood donations. Currently, they are in desperate nee…
Tristatehomepage.comRed Cross to host multiple blood drives in NovemberKirksville Daily Express and Daily NewsAccording to a press release from the American Red Cross, blood donations tend to decline during the holiday season, so the organization is as…
indiatvnews.comNavy Day celebration commences with blood donation campindiabloomsNew Delhi, Oct 28 (IBNS): As a very first activity of the Navy Week for the year 2014, Indian Navy conducted a Blood Donation Camp on Tuesday in coordination with the Arme…
indiatvnews.comNavy Day Celebration Commences with Blood Donation Camp at New DelhiBusiness StandardNaval personnel and their families and civilians working within INS India donated blood for a noble cause. A record number of 343 units were collected d…
SAPEH, UTGSU Hold Sensitisation On Blood DonationAllAfrica.comThe Student Association of Public Environmental Health (SAPEH), University of The Gambia Student Union (UTGSU), in collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), recently…
Campaign for NV Blood Donation Day concludesGreaterKashmir.comThe valedictory function was held in Police Auditorium here to acknowledge the contribution of blood donors, promoters and motivators who actively participated in the month long campaign whi…
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Screening form results in over 1000 blood donations wasted yearly
Globalnews.ca REGINA – Canadian Blood Services is working on removing a screening form it says is wasteful and no longer effective. “If you collect a million units, it’s over 1,000-1,500 units a year we will save from eliminating this step,” said Dr. Ted Alport, the … Why you should give blood this season |
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Let non-celibate gay men donate blood, Tory MP to demand
Telegraph.co.uk “How can it be logical that a straight promiscuous man who might have a two different partners each night of the year can donate blood while a gay man in a monogamous loving relationship cannot – unless he has certified that he has been totally … Tory MP Michael Fabricant: Gay blood ban is unfair and illogicalPinkNews.co.uk |