Discovered method for long-term storage of blood plasma Organized America's first large-scale blood bank Dr. Charles Richard Drew broke barriers in a racially divided America to become one of the most ...

For thousands of Americans, donating plasma is a lifeline. In the 90 minutes it takes to donate, they make five times the federal minimum wage. Americans supply two-thirds of the world's blood plasma.

Private Roy W. Humphrey is being given blood plasma after he was wounded by shrapnel in Sicily in August 1943. Wikimedia Commons Most fatalities in World War I occurred not from the direct ...