The ban, introduced 45 years ago, is set to be replaced by a one-year “deferral” after paid sex work
An end to the ban on gay men donating blood has been…
#LoganBouletEffect marked April 7 after Humboldt Bronco’s decision to be an organ donor saves 6 lives
COVID-19 pandemic has seen steady decline in people rolling up sleeves and donating blood
Family of Arend Bothma to meet with transplant team in coming weeks
Transplant only cure for nine-month-old’s chronic Granulomatous disease
Penticton’s Steve Dahnert, a blood donor himself, was struck and killed in a motorcycle crash outside Kelowna
Canada Blood Services highlights need for O-negative blood donors
Why We Swab: Correspondence shared in awareness campaign to recruit more donors
Organization says evidence shows that the change would pose no safety risk to the blood supply
Organization plans to submit its recommendation to Health Canada within the next two weeks
Plans calls for changing focus on gender or sexuality, to higher-risk sexual behaviour instead
Details are being finalized, employees will be presented with deal ahead of a vote on Monday
In most of Canada, men who have sex with men can donate only if they have abstained from sex
Vernon blood donation marks third time giving rare O-negative blood type
Canadian Blood Services is in need of more blood donors following the COVID-19 pandemic
Need for blood products tailed off dramatically 16 months ago as the pandemic took hold
