A month after blood drives were canceled in droves and blood banks experienced shortages, individual donations have boomed as people look for ways they can help others during the pandemic. Terri Craddock, director of blood donor services for Inova Health System in Virginia, said Inova saw around 50 drives canceled last month. The Food and Drug Administration this month rolled back its restriction on blood donations from men who have had sex with men in the past 12 months, lowering the threshold to just three months’ grace before being allowed to donate.