(The Hill)— The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday loosened restrictions on blood donations by men who have sex with men, a change that could ease blood shortages by allowing more people to donate. The agency said it will recommend a series of “individual risk-based ...
The goal of the new guidelines is to expand the number of people eligible to donate blood while still "maintaining the appropriate safeguards" to keep the supply of donor blood safe, the agency said. The FDA added that the new policy is based on "the best available scientific evidence," an...
Because, at the time, HIV was primarily but not exclusively confined to gay and bisexual men, a decision was made in the 1980s under the Reagan Bush administration to ban the donation of blood by gay and bisexual men as a means of controlling the disease, as it was ...
“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. advertisement The U.S. and many other coun...
The FDA is expected to release more information about potential updates to its blood donation guidelines in the next few weeks.
by the U.S. government suggest gay and bisexual men are actually more likely to abide by donation guidelines under a 12-month prohibition period. All blood donors take a questionnaire about their health and sexual behavior, but some gay men reportedly answer inaccurately to donate blood. ...
So, did the rule change bring in more donors? Blood donation organizations say although it's a bit too soon to tell, early data seems to indicate it did make a difference. New policy allowing gay and bisexual men to donate In the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, blood ...
Unsuitable donors include, but are not limited to, those who test repeatedly reactive for anti-HIV or HBsAg and have not been properly reentered or have a medical history which would preclude donation. The regulations do not prohibit firms from collecting blood from deferred donors. A firm may...
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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. ...