Mike Quigley

The FDA first began prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating blood in the early 1980s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, when the risk from blood transfusion was just beginning to be understood. In the decades to follow, the 'lifetime ban' was left largely unchanged.

American Politician

Gene Weingarten

While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.

American Journalist

Jason McCourty

I think for us as people, when we can help someone with a blood transfusion, when we can help somebody with a monetary donation that can go towards research, to know that you can possibly save a life, it's huge.

American Football Player

Ryan Lewis

In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.

American Musician

Tim Ferriss

I was really small and had a lot of health issues growing up. I mean, not compared to some people, certainly, but I had a number of full-body blood transfusions when I was kid.

American Author

Leo Varadkar

We always need to bear in mind that when it comes to blood transfusion, it's the person that's receiving the blood who takes the risk, not the person donating it.

Irish Politician

Eula Biss

The risk of getting Hep B from a blood transfusion is a tiny number, but it's a bigger number than the risk of side effects from the vaccine.

American Writer

Chuck Hogan

Dracula appeared at a time of great technological revolution, utilizing telegraphs, typing machines, and blood transfusions.

Dwight L. Moody

Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.

American Clergyman

Serge Lang

Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.

Mathematician

Refers specifically to medical contexts, often involving patients and healthcare settings.

Medical Procedure

Commonly used in urgent medical scenarios where rapid response is critical.

Emergency Situations

As a technical term, it might be unfamiliar or misunderstood in everyday conversation.

Technical Term

Used metaphorically to describe an injection of newness or revitalization.

Metaphorical Use

Though originating from medical usage, it's adaptable to many other fields and discussions.

Non-Medical Context

When used figuratively, it suggests a significant positive change, like revitalization.

Evoke Renewed Energy

 and there's a story like that one behind most of those emergencies. Here are just a couple of the moms who have received transfusions in this way in the last couple months. We're always when we can help a doctor save a mom's life,

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 knowing both parents' blood types lets us predict the relative probability of their children's blood types. Why do blood types matter? For blood transfusions, finding the correct one is a matter of life and death.

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 long enough to know that not every story has a happy ending sadly after his terrifying fall Samanta was lost his fight for life we did everything we could do we gave him two blood transfusions a whole lot of other

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