Canadian Blood Services

Patients who receive blood donations face no greater risk of death whether the blood comes from a man or a woman, according to new research that is challenging long-held assumptions. A study published in the New England Journal of…

Canadian Blood Services says it’s in need of blood and plasma donors after the winter storm disrupted donations over the holidays. Severe wind, snowfall and icy conditions that hit many parts of the country meant that about 10 per…

Canadian Blood Services says it’s been successful in attracting new donors, but a slew of unfilled or cancelled appointments over the past few months has left the blood supply lower than it would like. The organization set an…

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Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization says the virus that has persisted since March 2020 has resulted in the smallest donor base…

Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime…

Health Canada has given Canadian Blood Services the green light to lift specific restrictions on blood donations from men who have sex with men. The federal regulator said in a news release Thursday it has now authorized a request…

Canadian Blood Services has officially asked Health Canada to drop specific restrictions on blood donations from men who have sex with men, the organization confirmed Wednesday. Currently, men are eligible to donate blood if…

Male blood donors will no longer be asked if they have had sex with another man, but, along with women, will be asked in future if they have had multiple sexual partners and anal sex. Canadian Blood Services says it plans to…