Health Matters: Canadian Blood Services looking to develop dried plasma
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Health Matters: Canadian Blood Services looking to develop dried plasma
Description
July 11, 2024
Canadian Blood Services is working to figure out how to safely dry plasma for use in regions where it isn't currently available. Dried serum was a life-saving battlefield measure that helped injured soldiers during the Second World War and the Korean War, but plasma is more complex. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for July 11, 2024.
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Health Matters: Canadian Blood Services looking to develop dried plasma02:19 | July 11, 2024 -
Health Matters: FAA proposes flexibility for airline emergency medical kits02:17 | 10 hours ago -
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Health Matters: West Nile risk increases in Hamilton, Ont.02:04 | July 31, 2026 -
Health Matters: Health Canada grants injunction against unauthorized peptide producer02:13 | July 30, 2026 -
Health Matters: ‘Skeeter syndrome’ cases on the rise in Edmonton02:13 | July 29, 2026 -
Health Matters: Rexulti class-action lawsuit deadline approaching02:19 | July 27, 2026 -
Health Matters: PHAC says pistachio salmonella outbreak officially over01:57 | July 22, 2026 -
Health Matters: FDA’s cyclospora investigation into Taylor Farms lettuce continues02:05 | July 21, 2026 -
Health Matters: Source of U.S. cyclospora outbreak remains unclear02:12 | July 20, 2026 -
Health Matters: Lettuce confirmed as source of U.S. cyclospora outbreak02:13 | July 17, 2026 -
Health Matters: Canada not banning U.S. produce amid cyclospora outbreak02:27 | July 16, 2026 -
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Health Matters: Ottawa tables first national strategy on eye care02:28 | June 5, 2026 -
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Health Matters: Head of WHO arrives in Congo amid Ebola outbreak01:59 | May 29, 2026 -
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Health Matters: Mental health conditions on the rise in Canada, CIHI report02:02 | May 28, 2026
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Health Matters: Canadian Blood Services looking to develop dried plasma02:19 | July 11, 2024
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Health Matters: FAA proposes flexibility for airline emergency medical kits02:17 | 10 hours ago
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Business Matters: U.S. investigates 2 deaths linked to foodborne illness outbreak02:16 | August 5, 2026
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Health Matters: West Nile risk increases in Hamilton, Ont.02:04 | July 31, 2026
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Health Matters: Health Canada grants injunction against unauthorized peptide producer02:13 | July 30, 2026
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Health Matters: ‘Skeeter syndrome’ cases on the rise in Edmonton02:13 | July 29, 2026
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Health Matters: Rexulti class-action lawsuit deadline approaching02:19 | July 27, 2026
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Health Matters: PHAC says pistachio salmonella outbreak officially over01:57 | July 22, 2026
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Health Matters: FDA’s cyclospora investigation into Taylor Farms lettuce continues02:05 | July 21, 2026
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Health Matters: Source of U.S. cyclospora outbreak remains unclear02:12 | July 20, 2026
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Health Matters: Lettuce confirmed as source of U.S. cyclospora outbreak02:13 | July 17, 2026
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Health Matters: Canada not banning U.S. produce amid cyclospora outbreak02:27 | July 16, 2026
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Health Matters: Canadian Blood Services looking to develop dried plasma
Description
July 11, 2024
Canadian Blood Services is working to figure out how to safely dry plasma for use in regions where it isn't currently available. Dried serum was a life-saving battlefield measure that helped injured soldiers during the Second World War and the Korean War, but plasma is more complex. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for July 11, 2024.
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