The nation’s blood shortage poses “a serious health risk to our patients,” according to the Massachusetts Medical Society and The Fenway Institute.
This push for local health organizations comes after top Massachusetts health officials - Marylou Sudders, secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Margret Cooke - signed on to a letter to the FDA that called for the end of the 90-day blood donor deferral policy.
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