It's International Plasma Awareness Week, with a new survey showing that 79% of Americans have never donated plasma.

International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW) takes place globally from October 6–10. The week encourages communities around the ...

Every year, millions of people need blood transfusions during surgery, after an accident, or due to disease — and donations are the only way they can get it. The American Red Cross allows a person to ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — A new plasma donation center has opened in Kentwood. Octapharma Plasma opened a location at 5225 ...

Two Grifols plasma donation centers in Salt Lake City celebrated a milestone of one million plasma donations each during ...

When we think of medical breakthroughs, we rarely think of medicines made from human plasma. However, this golden, ...

I used to think plasma donation was just about sitting in a chair for an hour, maybe earning some extra cash while helping people. Boy, was I wrong. There’s this whole wild process happening inside ...

Andrea Stocker's needle is adjusted by one of the Biomed USA employees. Provo residents, including non-college students, can donate their plasma here. (Joe Wirthlin) Blood plasma donation centers ...

Plasma has several vital functions, helping treat conditions like liver disease, immunodeficiencies and cancer.

It started with numbness in her fingers. Simple tasks, like tying her shoelaces, became more difficult. And within months, Polly became so weak that she could no longer feed herself, walk to the ...

We've all had times when we've been a little short on cash. It gets us thinking about what we can do to earn some extra money to tide us over until the next month. And if you like the idea of helping ...