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Colombian court rules that blood donors cannot be turned down for sexual orientation

Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled that an individual cannot be barred from giving blood based on their sexual orientation, reported local media Tuesday.

Published
07 June 2012
From
Colombia Reports
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Australia: Blood donation wait may be cut for gay men

Gay men may be able to donate blood six months rather than a year after stopping sexual activity if research proves it won't threaten the safety of the blood supply.

Published
28 May 2012
From
Nine MSN
Employment
Discrimination against doctors with HIV must end

The UK has one of the strictest regulations governing HIV infected healthcare workers in the world; only Australia, Ireland, Italy, and Malta take a similar stance.

Published
18 May 2012
From
BMJ
HIV and criminal law
Man Gets 12 Years For Giving Blood With HIV to Girl in China

A Chinese man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for murder after giving HIV to a 12-year-old girl using a syringe with blood, China Daily reports.

Published
18 May 2012
From
Poz magazine news
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
With better HIV tests, should FDA end its ban on gay men donating blood?

The federal ban, now three decades old, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years as HIV detection tests and procedures for screening donated blood have improved greatly and blood shortages have become common.

Published
16 April 2012
From
Washington Post
Hepatitis and HIV
Man Fights HIV Positive Organ Donation Ban to Save Partner

"I want to save him," he said. "I want to give him part of my liver." But a federal law from the 1980's prevents HIV positive organ donation.

Published
22 March 2012
From
First Coast News
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
US: HHS weighs accepting men who have sex with men as blood donors

The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) is seeking comments on designing a pilot program to create “alternative donor deferral criteria” for gay men.

Published
14 March 2012
From
The Hill
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
China: Compensate HIV Blood Disaster Victims

This month, Chinese legislators are reviewing a ground-breaking proposal that would provide compensation to tens of thousands of victims of the HIV/AIDS tainted blood disaster. A new report, released today by Asia Catalyst, shows this compensation fund is urgently needed, since victims have been unable to get fair compensation on their own.

Published
07 March 2012
From
Asia Catalyst
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
American Red Cross Cited by FDA for Blood-Safety Rule Violations

The American Red Cross, the biggest U.S. supplier of donated blood, failed to correct violations of blood-safety rules, raising the risk that ill-suited blood will be used in transfusions, U.S. regulators said.

Published
23 January 2012
From
Bloomberg
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Indonesia Probes Bali Tattoo HIV Infection Report

Indonesia is investigating the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the resort island of Bali, an official said Monday.

Published
26 December 2011
From
Jakarta Globe
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