COVID-19 Pandemic

As vaccination rates are slowing in the US and Europe, the spread of the Delta coronavirus variants causes growing concerns worldwide with health experts predicting the highly infectious variant to…

A new reassuring US study, published recently in the journal Transfusion, suggests that the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV2 through blood transfusion is highly unlikely. For the study, the investigators…

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday that it has approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech (SVA.O) for emergency use listing, paving the way for a second Chinese shot…

In the midst of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, US President Joe Biden openly supported the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) proposal to lift the proprietary limits on COVID-19 vaccines, in service…

The multi-stakeholder Blood and Beyond initiative recently published a policy briefing shedding light on how the COVID-19 pandemic affects blood use, blood transfusion services, and patients in whom transfusions are…

According to recent data released by the American Red Cross, in the first week of March 2021 more than 20% of blood donations from unvaccinated people in the US had…

TIF is delighted to inform you that a Special Webinar on ‘’COVID-19 Vaccinations & Patients with Haemoglobin Disorders’’ will take place on Wednesday, 31 March 2021, at 14:30-16:00 EEST/12:30-14:00 GMT.…

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6% effective in preventing people from developing Covid-19, according to peer-reviewed results from its late-stage clinical trial published yesterday in The Lancet international medical journal.…