A donor has given blood for the 150th time. Dave Charles, 74, donated his first pint in 1967 when aged 17 and is not planning on stopping anytime soon. "It doesn't hurt, it costs you nothing and ...

Medsfae has approved an application to move towards individually assessing each donor rather than a blanket policy.

That meant the organisation was a step closer to scrapping a ban on donations for some gay men. Under the new system, all donors would have individualised risk assessments, regardless of gender, sex ...

Medsafe has approved a change to blood donation rules which would allow more gay and bisexual men to donate; All donors will have an individualised risk assessment, regardless of ...

which is helping inform Aotearoa’s blood donation rules. At 11 am on Thursday, following talks by NZ researchers, New Zealand Blood Service provided an update that Medsafe has approved individualised ...

"Therefore, we are delighted that SPOTS participants are helping improve NZ's blood donor policy." LGBTQIA+ advocate Shaneel Lal said the rule changes were a "fantastic" move that reflected ...

More gay and bisexual men and takatapui will soon be able to donate blood and plasma, with the Blood Service moving to a new way of assessing donors. New Zealand Blood Service Chief Medical Officer Dr ...

On Feb. 7, students can join the national stem cell registry at the Swab at School event at UPEI's W.A. Murphy Centre from 12 ...

Following the decision to remove a 'gay blood ban' in New Zealand, Australian's are calling for similar actions here.