The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed “a change from time-based deferrals to assessing blood donor eligibility using gender-inclusive, individual risk-based questions to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV.”  The draft recommendations are based on FDA’s review of …

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The CSU|LAW Library Center for Health Law & Policy Guide provides information on, and links to, scores of resources concerning general health law, bioethics, Medicare/Medicaid law, and public health law.  The Guide covers key Federal and Ohio legislation and regulations, …

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The United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division, recently ruled that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated the Chimpanzee Health, Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection (CHIMP) Act for not retiring former research chimpanzees to a sanctuary.  …

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The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act was recently enacted as Pub. L. No. 117-215.  Because of the classification of cannabis as a Schedule I drug (see 21 U.S.C. 812), scientists and growers supplying cannabis for research must obtain …

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