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The Outrageous Celibacy Requirement for Gay Blood Donors

Face Meets Palm

An FDA committee recommends shrinking lifetime ban to one-year ‘deferral period’—but it’s still more politics than science.

Jay Michaelson
Jay Michaelson
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Jay Michaelson

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