The American Red Cross and the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department are partnering to distribute more than 400 Hurricane Preparedness Starter Buckets in the community along Ribault Manor.
starting today, the american red cross has updated its guidance on who can donate blood. the new rules will allow more gay and bisexual people here in the u.s. to donate. that 40 year old policy was created early in the a.i.d.s. epidemic, but the red cross will now use more inclusive risk-based management assessment to determine if someone is eligible or not eligible to give blood. regardless of sexual orientation. meg, to tell us how this decision came to be. this is a 40 year process and really significant because the red cross, it s not the first blood center to adopt these new guidelines of the fda, but it does appear to be the largest. it provides about 40% of blood and blood components in the united states, so this is just a huge move. really, is policy goes back