Plasma Donation

The world’s supply of many life-saving medications depends on people in the United States deciding to sell their blood plasma. Without them, there would be a global shortage of critical medications and a public health crisis. But what does it take to be a supplier of this indispensable resource? In part 3 of the special series 'Blood Work,' TPR’s David Martin Davies shows us what it’s like to be a compensated plasma donor.

For many former nonimmigrant blood plasma donors, the lack of support from their former donation centers in the United States is keeping them from being fully vaccinated.

COVID-19 has no proven cure, but a possible treatment for the disease might flow through the veins of people who recently recovered. The FDA is leading an…