JUST IN: The FDA is reducing restrictions on gay blood donors amid “urgent need” due to the coronavirus pandemic - NBCOUT
Amid what it’s calling an “urgent need for blood,” the Food and Drug Administration revised itson Thursday, significantly easing the restrictions on men who have sex with men.
The new guidelines reduce the donation deferral period for sexually active gay and bisexual men from 12 months to three, meaning these otherwise healthy men will now have to abstain from same-sex sexual activity for 90 days before they are eligible to donate blood. Other 12-month deferral periods have also been shortened under the new guidelines, including those for people who have traveled to areas with certain endemic diseases, those who have engaged in injection drug use and people who have participated in commercial sex work.
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