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Allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood would help alleviate chronic blood supply shortages in the U.S. Petri Oeschger/Moment via Getty Images

Gay men can now donate blood after FDA changes decades‑old rule – a health policy researcher explains the benefits

Ayako Miyashita, University of California, Los Angeles

In 1983, during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the US Food and Drug Administration made the decision to ban gay men from donating blood. Now, 40 years later, it is dropping that rule.

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