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Advocates Say FDA Change In Blood Donation Policy Doesn't Go Far Enough

caption: Blood drive sticker from the Red Cross.
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Blood drive sticker from the Red Cross.
Flickr Photo/Maia C. (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Jeannie Yandel talks to Randall Russell, CEO of Lifelong, about the FDA's announcement that it will recommend the lifting of a ban on gay and bisexual men who want to donate blood. The decision will be put up for public comment in 2015.

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