In September 2025, Canadian Blood Services began its national rollout of apheresis frozen plasma, psoralen-treated. Read about this new component, the educational resources available for health-care providers, and how interdisciplinary teams at Canadian Blood Services have supported its implementation.

Dr. Isra Levy is in charge of medical and scientific support for all aspects of Canadian Blood Services’ work — how does he prepare for this job during a pandemic? To better understand what crisis leadership is, I asked Isra to share the lessons he has learned through his leadership journey.

Congratulations to Dr. Aditi Khandelwal, winner of the 2019-2020 Lay Science Writing Competition. Today’s post features her heartfelt winning entry.