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FDA to loosen restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood

Under current rules, men who have recently had sex with men are not allowed to donate blood because of the risk of HIV transmission. The FDA plans to change these rules to allow more gay and bisexual men to donate…

Lula Sherman
December 4, 2022

Business, Healthcare

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, the Silicon Valley company that vowed to revolutionise blood testing but turned out to be a huge scam, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors. The Theranos company claimed that with…

Lula Sherman
November 20, 2022