Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to end a decades-old ban against gay men donating blood.
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Giving blood: no gay men, chronic fatigue patients?
Last week a public health committee charged with making recommendations on U.S. government policy regarding blood donation decided in favor of upholding a current rule prohibiting men who have sex with men from donating blood, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a separate recommendation, the Wall Street Journal health blog reports that a
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