Health Canada lifts lengthy mad cow-related blood donation ban in Quebec
Héma-Québec vice-president Dr. Marc Germain says it's clear that there is now virtually no risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease through new blood transfusions.
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Héma-Québec vice-president Dr. Marc Germain says it's clear that there is now virtually no risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease through new blood transfusions.