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US relaxes restrictions for gay, bisexual men to donate blood

Vials of blood at a donation centre in San Francisco, California, in January 2022 [File: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP]

The United States has announced that it will expand the ability of gay and bisexual men to donate blood, moving to a single set of criteria for all prospective donors.

On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it updated federal guidelines for blood donations to do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.

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