Scientists reported new evidence on Friday which increased the likelihood that the human form of mad cow disease could be spread through a blood transfusion. Britain announced last December what it ...

Feb. 5, 2004 -- Blood transfusion may be a mode of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), according to a case report and public health study and an animal study published in the Feb. 7 ...

Mounting warnings that Americans should stay home and avoid crowds to stop the spread of a deadly new coronavirus are triggering an unexpected—and potentially ominous—downside: a drop in the nation’s ...

Ralph Vassallo, incoming chair of the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies Transfusion Transmitted Disease Committee, said his group joins America’s Blood Centers and the American ...

There is no evidence to suggest that blood transfusions from donors with undiagnosed cancer are associated with increased risk of cancer among recipients. The findings are reported in an Article in ...

Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people who are in car crashes, and victims of fires and other emergencies. Blood ...

East Hills, NY (September 5, 2006) -- Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced the CE marking of its eBDS System to detect bacterial contamination of red blood cells, the most widely transfused blood ...