FDA Considers Updating Blood Donation Guidelines to Keep Nation’s Supply Safe from Malaria

May 10, 2024

An array of vials from blood tests.

(CNN) – The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a requirement for blood banks to use a new test that can detect the parasites that cause malaria in certain donors’ blood, and it’s seeking the opinion of its independent advisers on the best way to meet its goal of zero transfusion-related cases without unnecessarily prohibiting some people from donating blood. (Read More)