FDA moves to ease restrictions on blood donations for men who have sex with men

The Food and Drug Administration plans to propose easing restrictions on blood donations by men who have sex with men.

An expected change in FDA policy would make it easier for men who have sex with men to donate blood.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued proposed guidance Friday to ease restrictions on blood donations by men who have sex with men.Become a KPBS sponsor

Under the current policy — last updated in 2020 — men who have sex with men can donate blood if they haven't had sexual contact with other men for three months. The risk assessment would include questions about anal sex. Potential donors who've had anal sex in the last three months with a new sexual partner or more than one sexual partner would not be eligible to give blood.

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