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Susan Forbes of OneBlood says donation centers are training workers over the next couple of months on the new FDA donation rules for gay and bisexual men.

The new vehicle is a larger, roomier mobile unit and is now in service accepting blood donations.

Long criticized as discriminatory, the policy has prevented many men who have sex with men from donating blood. The FDA is expected to reveal its new approach on Friday.

The nation’s largest supplier of platelets is moving to a method it says is easier for hospitals, but one that sharply raises costs, leading some centers to demand more options.

Officials point toward a number of factors including the typical summer drop in donations at a time when surgeries are increasing because of procedures that were postponed during the pandemic.

Current guidelines say that men who have sex with men must wait three months before they can donate blood.

Inside the Grifols Biomat USA Plasma Center, people from all over the community come to donate, with their stories, afflictions and motivations with them.

Jacksonville native Roger North, 79, gave blood occasionally until his 9-year-old granddaughter Tessa-Lynn developed leukemia.

IV bags filled with what's called normal saline are used to treat problems ranging from vomiting to lightheadedness. But evidence for the use of saline over other intravenous options is scant.

Following the holidays and a snap of unusually cold weather, some Northeast Florida hospitals are dealing with dangerously-low blood supplies. At least...