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WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are recommending an end to the nation s lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, a 31-year-old policy that many medical groups and gay activists say is no longer justified.The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it favors replacing the blanket ban with a new policy barring donations from men who have had gay sex in the previous year
jordan . FDA officials said that policy is supported by research and would pu
airmax t the U.S. in line with other countries including Australia, Japan and the U.K.The lifetime ban dates from the early years of the AIDS crisis and was intended to protect the blood supply from what was a then little-understood disease. But many medical groups, including the American Medical Association, say the policy is no longer supported by science, given advances in HIV testing. Gay activists say the lifetime ban is discriminatory and perpetuates negative stereotypes of homosexual men. FDA considers lifting ban on blood donations from gay men 03:40 The agency wi
mizuno ll recommend the switch in draft guidelines early next year and move to finalize them after taking comments from the public, FDA officials said. FDA Deputy Director Dr. Peter Parks declined to give a timeframe for completing the process but said, we commit to working as quickly a
