Serial/Series Title

Language

Orlando Shooting Revives Debate over Restricting Blood Donations by Gay Men (open access)

Orlando Shooting Revives Debate over Restricting Blood Donations by Gay Men

This report discusses new FDA guidance regarding blood donations from sexually-active gay men. Since the 1980s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that men who have sex with men (MSM) be indefinitely deferred (i.e., permanently banned) from donating blood. This action was taken to help control the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through the blood supply.
Date: August 1, 2016
Creator: Redhead, C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library