The U.S. government Thursday eased restrictions on blood donations from gay men.<br />Also included in the relaxed restrictions are sex workers, bisexual men, and recently tattooed people.<br />This is due to a drop in the nation’s blood supply triggered by the coronavirus outbreak.<br />The Food and Drug Administration’s new policy aims to allow tens of thousands more to give blood.<br />“We want and we need healthy people — all healthy people — to give blood,” said Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams.
