Despite calls for increased blood donations amid the coronavirus crisis, the Food & Drug Administration is staying firm on its ban prohibiting gay men from donating blood. “At this time, FDA’s recommendations regarding blood donor deferral for men who have sex with men have not changed, but we will continue to reevaluate the situation as the outbreak progresses,” a spokesperson told the Washington Blade Thursday.
The FDA is sticking with the ban, which prohibits men who’ve had sex with men in the past year from donating blood, in the aftermath of an impassioned call from U.S.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams for blood donations. “One thing we should all consider, especially our millennials and Gen Z, is donating blood,” Adams said. “As an
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