Blood plasma donations are booming across the U.S. as more Americans seek extra cash to pay for gas and other bills.

Blood Assurance is facing a critical shortage of blood, plasma, and platelets just as the holiday season is starting. As the primary supplier for many area hospitals, it is essential to get donations ...

New blood plasma centers have opened around Massachusetts in recent years. People say they're increasingly relying on them as ...

Some people are making up to $500 a month by donating their plasma twice a week — the maximum allowed by federal regulations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-aging fanatic Bryan Johnson bragged his plasma is so squeaky clean that a medical staffer “couldn’t bring himself to throw it ...

Canada’s parliament is scrutinising operations of the Spanish drug company Grifols after the deaths of two plasma donors.

A new NHS call for blood donors to make – and keep – appointments in the run-up to Christmas has reignited the debate around how to increase rates of donation, including the use of financial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this May, 2011, photo provided by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood donor James Harrison, credited with saving 2.4 million babies ...

Dried plasma was used during WW II and the Korean War, saving thousands of lives. It was banned due to the lack of screening technology for hepatitis contaminated blood. Now, military and veteran ...