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HuffPostFDA Relaxes 'Blood Ban' For Gay Men, But LGBTQ Advocates Want Bigger Change
The Food and Drug Administration recommended a change in policy due to “unprecedented challenges to the U.S. blood supply” amid the coronavirus crisis.
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FDA Relaxes Blood Donation Restrictions On Gay And Bisexual Men During Shortage
Curbs on the donations were previously extended to trials on plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19. Their antibodies could help fight the virus.
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Bug Funding Is Bugging Sen. Jeff Flake
Flake has proposed a measure to block USDA dollars from going to insect farming.
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Climate Change Lawsuits Are Moving Inland
Boulder and two Colorado counties are suing oil companies to pay for the damages of climate change.
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In A Methane Hot Spot, Environmental Politics Roil A County Commission
An effort to recall a Colorado county commissioner has become a proxy argument over rules to limit methane emissions.