All posts by admin

The paper has not yet been peer-reviewed or accepted for publication. The first set of results from the study is now available and can be accessed here: https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.04.08.23288320v1. read more

Vitalant, OneBlood and the American Red Cross extend a thank you to the LGBTQ+ community centers, participants and countless advocates who supported the groundbreaking ADVANCE Study as we seek to make blood donation a more inclusive process. read more

FDA-funded study aims to lift restrictions on blood donation for gay, bisexual men read more

A blood shortage exacerbated by the COVID pandemic is adding support to an effort to change the FDA’s longstanding ban on donations by sexually active gay men. read more

The country’s leading blood bank, Vitalant, OneBlood, and The American Red Cross, are participating in a new study that might read more

LGBTQ+ groups hopeful research effort leads to expanded blood donor eligibility read more

SAN FRANCISCO and ORLANDO, Fla. and WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Three of the nation’s largest blood centers have launched a pilot study through a contract funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that could read more

The Hill – FDA funding study around blood donations from gay men. read more