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Allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood would help alleviate chronic blood supply shortages in the U.S. Petri Oeschger/Moment via Getty Images

Gay men can now donate blood after FDA changes decades-old rule – a health policy researcher explains the benefits

In 1983, during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the US Food and Drug Administration made the decision to ban gay men from donating blood. Now, 40 years later, it is dropping that rule.
Kaylee Wedderburn-Pugh, a SPURS student, working to help find answers to Huntington’s disease. Author provided.

How affirmative action could cure cancer and heart disease

Affirmative action programs at universities are under threat by the Trump administration. That could be especially damaging to medical education. Who knows who holds the idea for the next great cure?
The most important blood borne viruses for human health are the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Why are only some viruses transmissible by blood and how are they actually spread?

Why is it only some viruses are transmissible by blood, and how does the virus actually move from person to person?
Our blood has more functions than we probably realise - all vital for life. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Explainer: what’s actually in our blood?

Blood transports nutrients, hormones, proteins, vitamins and minerals around our body.
Blood transfusions save lives - at least they do now. Here’s how an ancient experiment became a routine life saver. from www.shutterstock.com.au

From animal experiments to saving lives: a history of blood transfusions

Here we look at how blood transfusions started as an experiment four centuries ago, and became the modern-day life saver they are.

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