Germany will ease restrictions on gay blood donors.

Official criteria will be changed so that potential donors are not judged differently depending on their sexual orientation, according to Karl Lauterbach of the RND broadcaster. "Whether someone can become a blood donor is a question of behavioral risk, not sexual orientation," Lauterbach explained. "There must also be no covert discrimination on this matter," he stressed. Men who have sex with men are only allowed to donat....