The Department of Health & Human Services has identified four areas of study to pursue before the regulatory ban on gay men donating blood can be lifted.
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Washington Blade
At least 200 potential victims of Canada's tainted-blood scandal have never officially been informed they could be entitled to thousands of dollars in compensation.
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- 17 July 2011
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Vancouver Sun
Researchers using a new technique for editing the genome of living cells have
shown that they can cure hemophilia
in mice, at least in principle, with a couple of injections that carry out the
“cut” and “paste” operations needed to insert a corrective gene.
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- 27 June 2011
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New York Times
Ministers are dragging their heels to end the restriction despite advice from medical experts
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- 13 June 2011
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The Independent
If the U.S. Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly 500 HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure each year could get transplants within months, rather than the years they currently wait on the list, new research suggests.
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Science Daily
HIV-positive dentists are campaigning to change the rule that bans them from practising.
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- 18 May 2011
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The Guardian
AIDS deaths are believed to be peaking on the Chinese mainland as many from those infected with HIV in the 1990s because of unsanitary blood-selling schemes develop full-blown AIDS.
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- 20 April 2011
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China.org.cn
The government's words on gay equality ring hollow when you look at the detail of the blood donor plansAnother bell for British gay equality is ringing out across the world . The UK is to end the ban on gay men donating blood. But read the not-so-small print, and that ringing sound becomes tinny, hollow. Only gay men who have not had sex in a decade will be able to give blood.This proposal won't help the young woman with a rare blood type, knocked over by a car, bleeding profusely. This won't help the thousands of anaemic cancer sufferers needing a blood transfusion. This will help just one person: David Cameron.He can now say he is making good on the coalition's promises over gay equality. But like many of their other pledges in this area – in particular, to stop persecuted gay asylum seekers being sent back to their home country and to put pressure on foreign governments to protect their gay citizens – it's all gong and no dinner.And it affects everyone. Imagine just after reading this you receive a phone call. It's the local hospital. A member of your family has been stabbed. They tell you that there isn't enough blood locally. Would you rather your family member died or that they were given blood from a gay man who says he has never had unsafe sex?This shortage scenario is not far-fetched. Indeed, in December, during the big freeze, fears grew that we would run out, so an appeal was issued for O-negative donors. Heterosexual donors that is.But the effects go further. What message does a government send out when one group cannot give blood even if they have only ever had safe sex? Simple: "Gay men are not to be trusted over their sexual history." In contrast, straight men who pay for sex can give blood a year later. It would seem that the NHS will believe people who say they are heterosexual, but not those gay people who profess to only ever playing safe.I have always used condoms. I personally know of not a single heterosexual person who has used condoms every time they have had penetrative sex. But I do know of a heterosexual who refuses to give blood because of the ban: my mother. Unaware of the exclusions, she went along to her local clinic to become a donor. When she read the forms which detail those who are not permitted, she gave the paperwork back and announced: "If my son's blood isn't good enough for you, then nor is mine."Here's another anomaly. I am on the bone marrow register. In fact, last year the Anthony Nolan Trust contacted me because I was a potential match for a woman who needed a transplant. So, my marrow is okay but not my blood?I would happily donate blood every 16 weeks (the minimum time between donations). I would happily donate my blood to someone that despised me for being gay if it meant saving their life. But my country won't allow me to help others.Gay rightsHealth policyHealthSexual healthSexAids and HIVPatrick Strudwickguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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HIV prevention charities say they are surprised at reports that the government is announce the end of the gay blood donation before a review has been completed.
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- 11 April 2011
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Pink News
Homosexual men are to be allowed to give blood for the first time, in a move
which will increase fears of transfustion patients contracting HIV.
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- 11 April 2011
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Daily Telegraph
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