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Nurse prepares a man who is donating blood

Health Dec 22

New FDA rules allow gay blood center employee to donate after years of denial

By Manuel Valdes, Claire Rush, Associated Press

Health May 11

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California
FDA relaxes blood donation guidelines for men who have sex with men

The new approach does away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months to prior to giving blood.

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Nation Jul 02

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By Deema Zein

Science Feb 04

Desegregating blood: A civil rights struggle to remember

Until 1950 the Red Cross segregated blood. Starting during World War II, thousands of African-Americans forced the Red Cross to include them as donors and helped pave the way for activism of the 1960s.

By Thomas A. Guglielmo, The Conversation

Nation Aug 28

‘It makes me frustrated and sad’ — stories from men who cannot donate blood

In July, the public received the chance to weigh in on a long-debated topic: a policy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that bans blood donations from men who have had sex with men in the past…

By Corinne Segal

Aug 14

Have you been affected by the blood donation ban for men who have sex with men?

By PBS News Hour

The blood donation ban for MSM dates back to the 1980s, as the introduction of HIV/AIDS within the gay community developed into a public health crisis.

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