Weighing the rewards and risks of what is an increasingly common side gig.

Two recent deaths tied to for-profit clinics in Canada raised concerns about the health effects of having plasma drawn as ...

The only fully accredited blood bank worldwide collecting plasma exclusively from donors aged 18–25, Spectrum Plasma has ...

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a coin-sized chip that can directly isolate blood plasma from a tube of blood in just 30 minutes, which is ...

Grifols, a Spanish health care company, operates clinics in Canada that collect blood plasma from donors in exchange for an ...

The Ontario Health Coalition also called for Canadian Blood Services to end its contract with Grifols and expand the voluntary public donation system.

Odds are you’ve been asked to donate blood before — maybe even from us at The Star recently, as we prepare for a blood drive on Tuesday. And you’ve maybe heard the request for donations even more over ...