The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its blood donation policy, which could increase the number of people eligible to donate blood.
Under the new policy, all prospective donors will answer a series of individual risk-based questions to determine eligibility, instead of being subject to time-based deferrals and screening questions based on their sexual orientation.
Those who report having a new sexual partner or more than one sexual partner in the past three months and anal sex in the past three months will be deferred.
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