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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man donates his plasma at the B Positive plasma center in Holmes, Pa., in January. (Hannah Yoon for NBC News) Inside a suburban ...

Kansas City plasma donors help the United States fuel a pharmaceutical industry worth $35 billion. Many donors have lower incomes and rely on on selling their plasma to make ends meet. Michael Mullen ...

Inside a suburban Philadelphia strip mall, between the Hair Cuttery and a Citizens Bank, a dozen people lay on black ergonomic beds a few feet apart, hooked up through a needle in the crook of their ...

Across the United States, people are increasingly choosing to sell blood plasma for extra income as rising living costs strain household budgets. In 2025 alone, Americans pocketed about $4.7 billion ...

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

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 ...

Plasma industry officials said they see their business as a win-win: Patients get the plasma they need to treat potentially fatal conditions, like hemophilia, burns and rare immune disorders, and ...

Inside a suburban Philadelphia strip mall, between the Hair Cuttery and a Citizens Bank, a dozen people lay on black ergonomic beds a few feet apart, hooked up through a needle in the crook of their ...