The FDA based its latest proposal on a recent studyof 1,600 gay and bisexual men. The FDA-funded research compared the effectiveness of a detailed, personalized questionnaire on sexual behavior to the current time-based abstinence rules. It will take several months for blood banks to make the ...
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 embed code copied ...
FDA May Tighten Blood Donation Rules; Possible Exposure to Mad Cow Disease in U.K., Europe CitedMarc Kaufman
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. ...
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...
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 ...
The FDA could reverse restrictive rules that have prevented many gay and bisexual men from donating blood. Since 2015, the agency has allowed members of the MSM (men who have sex with men) community to donate after three months of sexual abstinence, a less strict policy than the...
The FDA based its latest proposal on a recent studyof 1,600 gay and bisexual men. The FDA-funded research compared the effectiveness of a detailed, personalized questionnaire on sexual behavior to the current time-based abstinence rules.
Ralph Galvan has been a volunteer with the American Red Cross for 10 years. 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 ...
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 hiv transmission. the new guidance has removed the time-based ...