Former followers say the organisation is still putting lives at risk, despite a policy update.

For many years, first responders would rush patients with severe blood loss to the hospital for a blood transfusion. But in ...

Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses are modifying their prohibition on receiving blood transfusions on religious grounds, now allowing members to decide whether to allow their own blood to be drawn and ...

Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses are modifying their prohibition on receiving blood transfusions on religious grounds, now allowing members to decide whether to allow their own blood to be drawn and ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The Ministry of Health is reviewing the National Blood Transfusion Policy of 2001 to ...

An international panel of experts co-chaired by Jeffrey Carson, Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, developed guidelines for new strategies which could ...

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FILE - A woman shares Jehovah's Witnesses' literature with a passerby in downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses are modifying their prohibition on receiving blood ...