The national laboratories across the country have demonstrated an improved accuracy in testing for sexually transmitted ...

Blood donor selection is crucial for ensuring safe blood supply. A well-designed donor selection system helps in maintaining donor engagement by minimizing unnecessary exclusion while safeguarding ...

Thalassemia advocacy group calls for standardized blood screening to prevent transfusion-transmitted infections, with legal and health expert support.

It was now recognized that pooled testing could potentially miss a small number of donors with very low viral load who were IgM negative, and therefore at risk for transmitting infection to a ...

In the developed countries, transfusion transmitted infections carry an extremely low risk, while the risk of immunological complications of blood transfusion is somewhat higher.

Arboviruses impose a major public health burden in Latin America and the Caribbean due to widespread and potentially severe infections causing microcephaly and long-lasting arthralgia. Beyond ...

So, while on one hand, SHOT’s findings indicate that blood has never been safer in terms of transfusion-transmitted infection, on the other, the number of reported wrong transfusion events are ...

Lorna Rothery discussed the challenges associated with the safe transfusion and supply of blood with Dr Evan M. Bloch, focusing on where future efforts to reduce transfusion-transmitted infections ...

Half of all sexually-transmitted infections were reported in people 15 to 24 years old. Syphilis cases are up 1,400% in the last 5 years.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is not classified as a sexually transmitted infection, but the results of a new study could change that. Evidence shows that BV occurs in men, and Australian researchers ...

Metro Detroit has earned the dubious distinction of leading the country with the highest rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to a new study. The Detroit area recorded 1,491 ...