Redefining Blood Donation
This Viewpoint reviews the vicissitudes of establishing fair and equitable blood donation policies based on research and improved serological testing and promot
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This Viewpoint reviews the vicissitudes of establishing fair and equitable blood donation policies based on research and improved serological testing and promot
More members of the LGBTQ community will be able to give blood
Students, faculty and staff expressed support for new gender-inclusive guidelines for blood donation but noted they may have limited efficacy. The United States Food and Drug Administration announced May 11 it will implement new guidance that will allow men who have sex with men to donate blood without a deferral period for the first time since 1985.
The FDA has adopted new guidelines and assessments that will ultimately allow more gay and bisexual men -- though not all -- to donate blood.
Gay and bisexual men may soon be allowed to donate blood without a fixed period of sexual abstinence, the federal Food and Drug Administration announced late last month in response to a Wall Street Journal report about the policy change.