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

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

Four people in the last decade have died in Canada after giving plasma, and three of those deaths happened in Manitoba, ...

CBC News has learned two people — including a 22-year-old international student — died after giving plasma at Winnipeg collection centres that pay people for their donations.

The NHS is celebrating one year since patients first began receiving medicines made from UK plasma.

Grifols Plasma Donation Centre has confirmed that two of their plasma donors in Winnipeg died recently. In a statement, the ...

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 ...

I entirely empathize with the hesitation to having a nurse stick a needle in your arm and become adjacent to a human juice box in exchange for some cash. It’s not the most conventional money-making ...

Canadian health authorities are investigating the deaths of two people, including a Nigerian international student, after ...

A company that operates facilities where people can receive payments for donating blood plasma says it is not responsible for ...

Health Canada says four such deaths have occurred in the last 10 years, as Manitoba mulls a ban on the practice ...

One of the victims was Rodiyat Alabede, a 22-year-old Nigerian student. She died on October 25, 2025, after donating plasma ...