Blood Safety

Blood Safety

Blood safety is a critical issue for the inheritable blood and bleeding disorders community. Learn what you need to know.

In the summer of 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ROCTAVIAN (valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox), a gene therapy for...
If you or your loved one takes a medication to control a bleeding disorder, you may already know that you...
To diagnose a blood or bleeding disorder, healthcare providers use a variety of tests to identify whether someone’s blood is...
Hemochromatosis, also known as iron overload disorder, is a condition in which people have too much iron in their blood...
Advice and insight from a hematologist and a cardiologist.
People with bleeding disorders face the constant risk of bleeding and as a result are often turned away by blood...
If you or someone you know has a bleeding disorder, it’s important to have an understanding of inhibitors, as some...
Members of the bleeding disorders community regularly deal with small bleeds—and most of the time, they have a number of...
Bleeding disorders frequently rank among the highest-cost conditions, largely because of treatment costs. While patients are exposed to some of...
The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) commends the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for initiating development of a national blood...
Update: On May 31, 2011, the journal Science published two papers online that it says cast doubt on the link...
When the first plasma-derived clotting factor concentrates were introduced in the late 1960s and 1970s, they revolutionized the treatment of...
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