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The letter comes a day before the five year mark of the Pulse shooting when some gay and bisexual men couldn’t donate blood to survivors.
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A pilot study with OneBlood, Red Cross and Vitalant could help the FDA change its blood donation restrictions for men who have sex with men.
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Last month, the Red Cross put out an urgent plea for blood donors, saying it had reached its lowest number of donations since the start of the pandemic.
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Florida blood centers are shipping blood to Puerto Rico because of concerns transmitting Zika virus from transfusions. A plan is in place if Florida starts seeing locally-caught Zika virus.