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State AGs to FDA: Drop gay blood ban and use risk-based policy

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In the aftermath of the Food & Drug Administration easing the ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is leading a group of 19 states in calling for further changes to the policy.

In a letter dated April 22 to Assistant Secretary of Health Brett Giroir, the attorneys general say the Trump administration’s new policy — which requires men who have sex with men to be abstinent for three months before making a donation — is a positive step, but

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