A 2008 file photo showing members of the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus singing as they wave gay pride flags in San Francisco. While the US ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men was originally due to the AIDS epidemic, some experts now argue that these restrictions are outdated and that the current available tests for HIV make blood donation by these men a much safer practice. - AFP
A panel of American experts are undecided over whether to allow homosexual men to donate blood or not.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which takes into account the 17-member committee’s suggestions, did not indicate when it would make a decision.
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