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

Company that runs the sites says it has ‘no reason to believe there is a correlation between the donors’ passing and plasma donation’ ...

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.

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

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

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

Two people in Winnipeg have died in recent months after donating blood plasma at collection centres run by Spanish pharmaceutical company Grifols, according to Health Canada. The federal regulator ...

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

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

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

Health Canada is reviewing two fatal plasma donation cases in Winnipeg, including a Nigerian student's death, amid ongoing ...

Plasma donation is a painless procedure that thousands of people do each day. It is a great way to take a break in the middle of the day while helping others! All donors receive a thorough health ...