For the first time, the Biden administration is commenting on FDA blood donation guidelines that prevent gay and bisexual men from being eligible donors amid a national blood shortage.
) to provide data to determine if eligibility based on an individual's risk could replace the time-based deferral system while maintaining the safety of the blood supply.
While the American Red Cross said that there is no clear data that would suggest that changing the current blood donation policy would significantly increase the number of blood donations, if the deferral period were lifted, an additional 360,000 men would likely donate,"which could help save the lives of more than a million people," according to LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD.
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