The FDA has been slowly loosening restrictions put in place in the '80s over concerns about AIDS and HIV.
The American Red Cross was among the first local blood banks to implement the new FDA guidance; they did it on Aug. 7. Other local blood banks are working to implement ASAP."This is going to allow a lot more people who were previously ineligible, who are healthy donors, who are not having high-risk sex, to be able to donate," said Cole Williams, of the organization Pride and Plasma.
Williams pushed the FDA to update the guidance. He says men who have sex with men should know that those currently taking meds to treat or prevent HIV infection remain ineligible to donate. "We understand why the FDA has taken that. We support making sure that blood donations are not transmitting any infections," he said.The FDA says the individual screening approach is in line with blood donation rules in the United Kingdom and Canada.
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