
An expected change in FDA policy would make it easier for men who have sex with men to donate blood.
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An expected change in FDA policy would make it easier for men who have sex with men to donate blood.
Toby Talbot/AP
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued proposed guidance Friday to ease restrictions on blood donations by men who have sex with men.
The change is expected to take effect after a public comment period.
The restrictions on donating blood date back to the early days of the AIDS epidemic and wer