The E.U. Doesn't Want People To Sell Their Plasma, and It Doesn't Care How Many Patients That Hurts
The United States currently supplies about 70 percent of the plasma used to manufacture therapies for the entire world.
Blood Donors
Sexually Active Gay Men May Soon Be Able To Donate Blood in America
Men in monogamous relationships may get clearance to give.
The U.S. Is Trying To Keep Out Mexicans Who Want To Sell Their Blood Plasma
Paid plasma donation is a financial lifeline for Mexican donors and a medical lifeline for plasma-dependent patients.
Biden Administration Imposes Cruel Border Restriction Barring Mexicans from Crossing to the US to Sell Blood Plasma
By exacerbating an already severe blood plasma shortage, the new policy will cost lives - and also deprive poor Mexicans of much-needed income.
Canada Inches Closer to Allowing More People To Be Paid for Plasma
For too long, our northern neighbors have depended on plasma imported from the U.S. to meet demand. With the passage of new legislation in Alberta, this may change.
Americans Get Paid To Donate Plasma. Everyone Else Should Too
Our secret weapon against COVID-19 could be cold, hard cash.
"Bloody Well Pay" Blood Plasma Donors—and Organ Donors, too
Georgetown political philosopher Peter Jaworski makes the case for paying blood plasma donors. The same arguments also justify paying organ donors and participants in vaccine "challenge trials."
FDA Will Finally Let Gays Donate Blood—If They Wait 3 Months After Having Sex
Before this, the wait period was a year.
The FDA Should Lift Restrictions on Gay Blood Donors
The FDA' policy makes no exception for gay men who use condoms or are in monogamous relationships.