The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it’s immediately easing its ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men, citing an “urgent and immediate need for blood” caused by the coronavirus pandemic…
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HIV programs get big money in stimulus deal to fight coronavirus
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Trump’s budget seeks increased HIV funds — but housing, global programs cut
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