When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of ...

For years, Stéphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors ...

Catherine Rolfes was between jobs and starting to think about how to make some extra cash to put toward her bills when her ...

Blood plasma is big business — especially along the U.S.–Mexico border. Every day, thousands of Mexican citizens cross ...

The holidays are often described as a season of giving. But this time of year, one gift is in especially short supply: blood.

The world’s supply of many life-saving medications depends on people in the United States deciding to sell their blood plasma ...

During the holiday season, the American Red Cross sees blood donations, a gift of life, significantly decrease.

Experts credit the compensation for making the U.S. one of the few countries that are self-sufficient in supplying plasma for ...

And your body recovers quickly. Plasma, the liquid portion of your blood, is replaced within 24 hours, and red blood cells ...

Those successes, along with recent approvals for new treatments and expanding sales in developing countries, have ...