FDA May Tighten Blood Donation Rules; Possible Exposure to Mad Cow Disease in U.K., Europe CitedMarc Kaufman
, blood donation the us food and drug administration (fda) has released updated guidance for blood donation which relaxes the rules for donations from men who have sex with men (msm). this follows decades in which msm have been rejected or discouraged from donation blood due to a fear of h...
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday relaxed blood donation rules for gay men in response to the "urgent and immediate need for blood" due to thecoronavirus pandemic. Men are now allowed to donate blood three months after having sex with another man, instead of after 12 months. "For...
Jamie and he boyfriend walked up to the donation site. They would love to donate blood, but since they're gay, they can't. Jamie would like to see the rules updated. "I love to give back," he said. "No matter what. I think everyone would have equal rights and be able to give ...
“Current and former blood donation policies made unfounded assumptions about gay and bisexual men and really entangled individuals’ identity with their likelihood of having HIV,” said Sarah Warbelow of the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy group. ...
period will be deferred. Those taking medications to treat or prevent HIV infection will also be deferred, butLGBTQ+ advocacy groupssay the new FDA rules are an important step in the right direction. The new blood donation risk assessment is the same for every donor regardless of ho...
For decades, many gay and bisexual men have been banned from donating blood. While the FDA has loosened restrictions, critics say the current rules still exclude far too many people. Len Ramirez reports. (6/21/23)Jun 22, 2023 Live Now ...
MC: Please can you talk about the history of the US FDA’s blood donor eligibility screening rules and why they have been condemned as homophobic? PH: Early on in the HIV epidemic, gay man were disproportionately affected by HIV, and the fact is that gay men continue ...
But as a gay man, it wasn't until last year that he was able to donate blood. Rules the Food and Drug Administration had in place since the 1980s HIV-AIDS crisis kept sexually active gay or bisexual men from donating. To help change that policy, Galvan took part in an FDA-funded ...
If finalized, the shift would be the latest FDA move to broaden donor eligibility, with the potential to boost the U.S. blood supply. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said the hope is to make donation available to everyone possible in the context of a safe blood supply. ...