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• Important Information About Directed Blood Donations that are Not Medically Indicated October 31, 2023
• FDA Finalizes Move to Recommend Individual Risk Assessment to Determine Eligibility for Blood Donations August 16, 2023
• Giving Blood Saves Lives January 27, 2023
• COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma for the Treatment of Immunocompromised Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis January 27, 2023
• Individual Risk Assessment Donor History Questionnaire Example Model using Canada’s Eligibility Criteria January 27, 2023
• Recommendations for Evaluating Donor Eligibility Using Individual Risk-Based Questions to Reduce the Risk of HIV Transmission by Blood and Blood Products: Draft Guidance for Industry  January 27, 2023
• REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE BLOOD CENTERS OF CALIFORNIA August 16, 2022
• San Diego Blood Bank holds ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a ninth donation center June 28, 2022
• LifeStream Blood Bank Chosen As A 2022 Nonprofit Of The Year June 18, 2022
• Joint Statement: Nation Urged to Give Blood for Hospital Patients this June June 22, 2021
• Joint Statement: Widespread Snow and Ice Disrupting Nation’s Blood Supply February 24, 2021
• Joint Statement on Blood Supply June 2, 2020
• COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donation Information April 15, 2020
• COVID-19 Alerts for CA April 7, 2020
• Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission April 7, 2020
• FDA Loosens Restrictions On Gay Blood Donors Amid ‘Urgent Need’ Caused By Coronavirus April 7, 2020
• Latest News from the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom April 6, 2020
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates April 6, 2020
• Americans Urged to Donate Blood to Maintain Continued Adequacy of Blood Supply as Coronavirus Outbreak Continues March 11, 2020
• Increasing West Nile Virus Activity in California July 10, 2019
• AABB Issues Recommendations to Decrease Group O Blood Overuse July 1, 2019
• California Wildfires Impacting the Blood Community November 19, 2018
• Highlights of the 2018-19 Budget July 10, 2018
• Legislature Votes on Budget June 15, 2018
• Covenant Coffee, Houchin Community Blood Bank honored as nonprofits of the year June 14, 2018
• World Blood Donor Day – June 14, 2018 June 11, 2018
• American Health Care Act – AHCA: what can we expect? June 23, 2017
• May Revise May 19, 2017
• Deciphering CBO’s Estimates On The GOP Health Bill March 16, 2017
• A side-by-side comparison of Obamacare and the GOP’s replacement plan March 16, 2017
• Zika Virus —10 Public Health Achievements in 2016 and Future Priorities January 10, 2017
• Zika Infection in U.S. Is Still Rare So Far, Blood Donations Indicate November 22, 2016
• Update on the Number of Zika Virus Infections in California October 27, 2016
• West Nile Virus Activity in California October 27, 2016
• The Rising Risk of a Contaminated Blood Supply September 27, 2015
• F.D.A. to Lift Lifetime Ban on Blood Donations by Gay Men December 23, 2014
• FDA Panel Wary of Lifting Ban on Gay Blood Donors December 3, 2014
• View a new video on Guidelines for Platelet Transfusions from the AABB November 15, 2014
• Joint statement on Ebola and safety of the blood supply October 15, 2014
• Red Cross, AABB and America’s Blood Center’s respond to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendation to change blood donation deferral criteria for men who have had sex with other men (MSM) January 1, 2014
• West Nile Virus Questions & Answers September 23, 2013
• 9th Circuit Court ruling on PBSCs September 23, 2012
• Chagas’ disease can cast a silent, lifelong shadow July 8, 2012
• ABC CEO Jim MacPherson June 30, 2012
• WHO appeals for more blood donations June 15, 2012
• U.S. Could Face Risk From Chagas Disease With Climate Change March 18, 2012
• Transfusion Results Same for Stored, Fresh Red Cells January 21, 2012
• Blood Centers Screen Young Donors for Health Risk Factors November 21, 2011
• Joint Statement before the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability Donor Deferral for Men Who Have Had Sex with Another Man (MSM) – June 11, 2010 June 11, 2010