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Blood Donors

Woman is giving blood in a blood transfusion clinic | Photo 105590782 © Igor Akimov | Dreamstime.com

Blood

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.

Peter Jaworski | 9.20.2023 2:50 PM

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Blood Donors

Sexually Active Gay Men May Soon Be Able To Donate Blood in America

Men in monogamous relationships may get clearance to give.

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2022 2:30 PM

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Blood Donors

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.

Fiona Harrigan | 7.27.2021 11:40 AM

Blood plasma

Immigration

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.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.25.2021 3:57 PM

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Blood Donors

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.

Liz Wolfe | 11.19.2020 10:10 AM

Plasma donation | BILL GREENBLATT/UPI/Newscom

Blood Donors

Americans Get Paid To Donate Plasma. Everyone Else Should Too

Our secret weapon against COVID-19 could be cold, hard cash.

Peter Jaworski | 7.2.2020 8:30 AM

Blood plasma

Volokh Conspiracy

"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."

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.19.2020 4:03 PM

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Coronavirus

FDA Will Finally Let Gays Donate Blood—If They Wait 3 Months After Having Sex

Before this, the wait period was a year.

Billy Binion | 4.2.2020 3:02 PM

Large image on homepages | Joanna Andreasson. Source images: simon2579/iStock and AlenaPohu/iStock

Regulation

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.

Zuri Davis | 12.22.2018 6:00 AM

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