FDA Plans to Allow More Gay, Bisexual Men to Donate BloodBy Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 30 November 2022 01:34 PM EST
The Food and Drug Administration is drafting new guidelines that will allow gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to donate blood without abstaining from sex, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Since the AIDS epidemic during the 1980s — when tests for HIV were not considered sensitive enough to protect the blood supply — men who had sex with men were barred for many years from donating blood. ...
Under the new guidelines, potential donors would need to complete an individualized risk assessment — similar to that used in Canada, which asks uniform questions regardless of gender or sexual orientation about a potential donor's medical history, travel and sexual activity.
WSJ sources said that FDA officials still are drafting the new guidelines and are determining what the questionnaire would contain. The new risk assessment likely would ask potential donors if they've had any new sexual partners in the past three months. ...
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