Tuesday, December 23, 2014

US moves to relax ban on gay men donating blood

FDA, which regulates blood banks, recommending that men who have sex with men must abstain from doing so for one year to be eligible

The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced that it is recommending a less stringent ban on gay blood donors, allowing some gay men to donate blood for the first time in three decades.

The agency, which regulates blood banks, is now suggesting that men who have sex with men must abstain from doing so for a year before they are eligible to donate blood.

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