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French town rewards blood donors with gourmet pastries

The French commune of Albi is set to launch a new blood donation drive in April with donors receiving gourmet treats for each donation

How your pet can be a blood donor in France

Veterinary hospitals say it is crucial to treat sick cats and dogs and it is easy to sign up your pet

Man showing plaster after blood donation

Call for people with rare blood types to become donors in France

Hundreds of thousands of people do not realise they have this blood and can help, say doctors

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French medical student shares why she became a blood donor

We also look at who can give blood in France - and how to do it

Can non-residents donate blood if in France for a few months?

Anyone who lived for a minimum of one year in the UK between 1980 and 1996 cannot donate blood in France. However, it is still possible to give blood for non therapeutic purposes

Is France’s blood donation ban on people who were in the UK justified?

Domestic politics plays a part, says an expert, in the decision to ban people who were in the UK between 1980 and 1996 for over a year after outbreaks of BSE there

British people can give blood in France (just not for transfusions)

Blood of people who were in the UK between 1980 and 1996 for over a year can instead be used for scientific research. There are other ways to help too

France to lift blood donation ban for gay men who have had recent sex

The change comes into effect from March 16, ending the final restrictions on gay men giving blood for the first time since 1983

Can British people banned from giving blood in France be organ donors?

People who spent over one year in the UK between 1980 and 1996 cannot give blood due to an outbreak of BSE there

French blood service encourages donations through MissingType campaign

The campaign asks people to consider life without the letters A, B and O - different blood types - to show how important they are

Giving blood: When will France end ban over UK’s 1980s BSE outbreak?

France does not allow people who spent over a year in the UK between 1980 and the mid-90s to give blood due to an outbreak of mad cow disease in the country during that period. We explain and look if it will ever change

Call for blood donors as France’s stocks reach critically low levels

As part of a three-week drive to increase donations, people will be able to give blood without booking an appointment in advance

Coronavirus blood test now available in French pharmacies

Fast blood tests to check for coronavirus antibodies are now available without prescription from pharmacies in France - but health authorities have said that people should still consult a doctor when interpreting results.

French doctor: Clear link between blood type and Covid risk

A French scientist has said that there is now an “established link” between a person’s blood type and their risk of contracting Covid-19, after several studies on the topic appeared to show a correlation.

France plans more Covid-19 tests as WHO says ‘attack’

The French minister for health has pledged to increase the number of tests for Covid-19 in France, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged countries to “go on the attack” with mass tests for the virus.

Blood donations triple after terror attacks but Britons are still banned

Blood donor numbers soared in the aftermath of the November Paris terror attacks with the Établissement Français du Sang (EFS) donor agency saying it had three times its usual number of donations in Ile-de-France the day after the outrage that killed 130 and left 350 wounded.

Blood donation

French town rewards blood donors with gourmet pastries

How your pet can be a blood donor in France

Call for people with rare blood types to become donors in France

French medical student shares why she became a blood donor

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Can non-residents donate blood if in France for a few months?

Is France’s blood donation ban on people who were in the UK justified?

British people can give blood in France (just not for transfusions)

France to lift blood donation ban for gay men who have had recent sex

Can British people banned from giving blood in France be organ donors?

French blood service encourages donations through MissingType campaign

Giving blood: When will France end ban over UK’s 1980s BSE outbreak?

Call for blood donors as France’s stocks reach critically low levels

Coronavirus blood test now available in French pharmacies

French doctor: Clear link between blood type and Covid risk

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