SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity of U.S. Blood Donors Prior to Availability of Vaccines In the United States, blood collection organizations, including the American Red Cross (ARC), started testing all donations for antibodies to… August 18, 2021
Tracking HIV Drug Resistance and Subtypes in Blood Donors The risk of HIV transmission from blood transfusion is low (0.16 to 0.49 per million transfusions) but is still possible… June 22, 2021
Screening for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in U.S. Blood Donors In March 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic began in China, the U.S. launched the REDS Epidemiology,… June 8, 2021
RBCs with “Storage Lesions” Are Rapidly Cleared From Circulation and Impact Transfusion Recovery The ability to store red blood cells (RBC) up to 42 days ensures a stable blood supply, and several randomized… May 12, 2021
Should Platelet Donors be Paid? While red blood cell transfusions have decreased over the past several years, platelet transfusions have increased. In an editorial published… April 27, 2021
Evaluation of PrEP/PEP Deferrals and U.S. House of Representatives Question MSM Deferral Policy for Blood Donors Since 1983, the U.S. FDA has issued exclusionary regulations for blood donations from men who have had sex with other… April 7, 2021
Increase in New Blood Donors during the COVID-19 Pandemic Blood donations increased, especially from new donors, during 9/11 in the U.S., recent bushfires in Australia, and other major crises. … March 10, 2021
Serological Screening of Blood Donations Suggests SARS-CoV-2 May Have Been Introduced in the US before January 2020 The first case of SARS-Cov-2 in the United States was reported on January 19, 2020 in Washington State, but phylogenic… December 22, 2020
High Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Kenyan Blood Donors As of late July 2020, only 3% of recorded deaths due to COVID-19 have occurred in Africa despite being home… November 25, 2020
No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Transfusion Transmission or Viral Infectivity About 20-25% of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe symptoms, but many infected individuals are asymptomatic and may donate blood… October 21, 2020
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