Blood

In the midst of a pandemic, there are hundreds of thousands of blood pints that could become available. Why are men who have sex with men being excluded from openly helping out?

Police, he said, were victims, too, because they had to “get tested for AIDS-related conditions” due to all the blood from gay victims.

All French men are now officially allowed to donate blood, so long as they abstain from sex with men for a year.

But the new policy bars donations from men who’ve had sex with a man in the past year.

Encased in resin, Jordan Engles’ jaw-dropping art installation “Blood Mirror” uses blood donated by nine gay and bisexual men.

Sculpture uses blood from nine gay, bisexual, and transgender men to protest FDA ban.

The FDA says it favors ending the nation’s lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, replacing it with a policy barring donations from men who have had sex with men in the previous 12 months.

The Blood Products Advisory Committee will not reconvene to continue discussions or to recommend that the FDA end its lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men.

Health advisers have concerns about lifting a nationwide ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, despite growing pressure from gay rights advocates, medical experts and blood banks.

WASHINGTON — Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet this week to consider a recommendation that it end its lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with men. An FDA panel will begin a two-day meeting on the issue Tuesday, amid growing calls from medical groups, gay rights activists and…