Blood-Donation Barriers for Gay, Bisexual Men (VIDEO)
January 21, 2021 The FDA requires gay and bisexual men to abstain from sex for three months before giving, but some experts say that's based on outdated science. SHOW TRANSCRIPT There's a critical need for blood donation because of the pandemic, but a group of people is left out of the donation pool: gay and bisexual men. "It's incredibly frustrating. And frankly, I mean, just not even to tone it down, it pisses me off," says Dr. Greg Zahner, a resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. He wrote "We Need Blood and I Am Not Allowed to Help" in the Journal of the American Medical...
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