All U.S. blood donations are screened for HIV but the testing only detects the virus after it’s been in the bloodstream about 10 days. Still, FDA officials have said current research does not support reducing the donation ban below the one-year mark, though the agency may c...
LOS ANGELES-Federal officials have moved closer to overturning a decades-old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, after the Food and Drug Administration announced it "will likely support" the ban's end, the agency said Wednesday. Currently, federal regulations prohibit blood...
They do encourage blood donors to complete their healthy history questionnaire online before coming to the donor center by using QuickPass at kybloodcenter.org (on the day of donation) to reduce the donor’s time in the center and allow them to use their own personal device for the task. ...