Advisory Board December 2, 2022
FDA is currently evaluating a new set of guidelines that would allow more sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) to donate blood, according to people familiar with the proposal.
FDA reevaluates blood donation guidelines
Historically, FDA has discouraged men who have sex with men from donating blood. According to CDC, unprotected anal sex presents a higher risk of HIV transmission than other forms of sex.
In the 1980s, the agency implemented a complete ban, citing fears of HIV transmission. In 2015, FDA started allowing MSM to donate blood if they had abstained from sexual activity with other men for one year before donating.
Under FDA’s current guidelines, which were put in place amid severe blood shortages during...
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