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The LGBT+ Center Orlando seeking participants for blood donation study
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The LGBT+ Center Orlando is looking for participants for a blood donation study. (Kirstin O Connor, News 6)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Nearly five years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, three of the largest blood centers in the country have launched a study to potentially allow gay and bisexual men to become donors more easily.
Until the COVID-19 pandemic, Food and Drug Administration recommendations did not allow any man who had sex with another man in the last 12 months to donate. In April of 2020, the deferral changed to 3 months and still reads: “Defer for 3 months from the most recent sexual contact, a man who has had sex with another man during the past 3 months.”
FDA study could lead to end of restrictions on gay and bisexual blood donors
Study hopes to asses whether individualized risk assessments would be just as effective as categorical bans
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is sharing new details on a study that could lead to the removal of long-standing restrictions on gay or bisexual men donating blood and plasma.
The study, known as ADVANCE: Assessing Donor Variability And New Concepts in Eligibility, calls for collaboration between three of the nation’s largest blood centers: Vitalant, OneBlood, and the American Red Cross, alogn with LGBTQ community centers nationwide.
FDA Study Could End HIV-Era Gay Blood Donation Ban
On 12/16/20 at 11:54 PM EST
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a study that could end 1980s-era prohibitions against blood donations from men who have sex with men.
The pilot study, entitled ADVANCE: Assessing Donor Variability And New Concepts in Eligibility, will collaborate with three of the nation s largest blood centers Vitalant, OneBlood and the American Red Cross and LGBTQ community centers nationwide to examine whether the FDA should change its policies against gay, bisexual and queer male donors, ABC News reports.
Currently, the FDA won t accept donations from such men unless they ve abstained from sex for three months prior to donating. The FDA adpoted the three-month abstinence policy in March after congressional Democrats urged them to do so as a way to possibly increase donations during the coronavirus pandemic.
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