Thalassemia

World Thalassemia Day 2020: India has roughly 40 mn carriers; here are key points about the chronic genetic disease

This year, TIF is holding a virtual discussion in which patient advocates will talk about the accessibility and affordability of novel therapies for thalassemia

Coronavirus pandemic poses a challenge to blood stem-cell transplants, donor registration drives

About 30 percent of patients find a sibling match as stem cell donors and the rest 70 percent depend on finding a matching unrelated donor.

Pakistan horror: 10 children with thalassemia get HIV from tainted blood transfusion

Dr Yasmin Rashid, secretary general of the Thalassemia Federation of Pakistan, confirmed the children got HIV due to an infected blood transfusion, Dawn reported.

Thalassemic boy disallowed by SpiceJet to travel on flight

A 12-year-old boy, suffering from thalassemia, a blood disorder, was not allowed to travel on SpiceJet flight from Ahmedabad to Chennai on the ground that he was unfit to fly, his father alleged on Saturday.

Gujarat HC orders CBI probe into HIV-infected children's case

The Gujarat High Court today ordered a CBI inquiry in a case where 23 children suffering from thalassemia contracted HIV, allegedly during the routine blood transfusion.