Blood plasma is a necessary resource to produce life-saving medicine. Because people are the only source, donors are often ...

Blood plasma is big business — especially along the U.S.–Mexico border. Every day, thousands of Mexican citizens cross ...

As a kid, Laura Rohe seemed to be continually ill: pneumonia, sinus infections, skin lesions. “I was the sick child” resting ...

Experts credit the compensation for making the U.S. one of the few countries that are self-sufficient in supplying plasma for ...

Selling plasma is becoming a common way to get a bit of extra cash on the side. Depending on qualifications and health, plasma donors can $360 to $1,000 monthly for donations. The specific amount of ...

When Kelsey, a local news journalist in the Midwest, was asked to be a bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding, she had trouble paying for the dress, travel and all the other expenses for the occasion. So ...

Blood plasma is big business — especially along the U.S.–Mexico border. Every day, thousands of Mexican citizens cross ...

An Action News Jax investigation found out why plasma is so valuable but also how there are growing health and ethical concerns with donors selling it, raising the question does “blood money” save ...

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. This rebroadcast originally aired on February 28th, 2023. Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s ...

Selling plasma is becoming a common way to get a bit of extra cash on the side ahead of the holidays — although the human body does have its limits, and it isn’t sustainable enough to become a ...