Red Cross faces fine over blood safety
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The American Red Cross is facing another heavy fine over blood-safety violations, bringing penalties against the organization to more than $15 million despite a promise three years ago to fix the problems.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more efforts and measures to protect people from blood contamination and shortage in response to the spread of HIV/AIDS and other blood-born diseases.
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Selected groups of patients are this week being notified about the results of a risk assessment exercise for blood plasma products.
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Blog: Instead of charging a penny to see if an account is active, they donate to the Red Cross instead.
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The Food and Drug Administration has fined the Red Cross an additional $4.6 million for the distribution of "unsuitable blood products," bringing penalties against the organization to more than $19 million in recent years
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Red Cross says more than 13,000 unaccounted for from Bosnian conflict alone.
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The Australian recording industry wants the International Red Cross to voluntarily freeze the assets of a trust that allegedly helps run the software company it is suing for copyright violations. Patrick Gray reports from Melbourne, Australia.
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OTTAWA (CP) - In a major policy shift, the federal government says it will consider compensating more people who contracted hepatitis C through tainted blood.
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The death toll from Sunday's quake disaster will rise yet further and may top 100,000, the Red Cross says.
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The International Red Cross is &#39;&#39;deeply concerned&#39;&#39; with the killing of civilians and non-combatants in Iraq and the apparent failures by all sides to respect humanitarian law.
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South African health department and the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) agreed on Friday race will not be used to determine the level of risk in donated blood.
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A Navy plan to test a blood substitute on civilian trauma victims should remain on hold, federal health advisers recommended Thursday, saying the experiment's risks outweigh its benefits.
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The government said Friday it was fining the American Red Cross $4.2 million for violating blood-safety laws.
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The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding.
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South Africa&#39;s national blood service is to meet to discuss whether to stop treating blood donated by black people as high risk.
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The F.D.A. is seeking the fine because it says the charity has repeatedly failed to handle blood supplies properly.
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Story in full THE Red Cross today condemned the &quot;utter contempt for humanity&quot; shown by both sides in the war in Iraq. In a departure from protocol, the International Committee of the Red Cross urged all warring