Blood Brothers

UNDER A 24-year-old FDA policy, men who have had gay sex, even once, since 1977 are barred from donating blood for the rest of their lives. America's top blood collection organizations, such as the American Red Cross, asked the FDA to reconsider the ban last year, but the FDA reiterated the polic...

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