Big Pharma Lures Mexicans to Donate Plasma in U.S.

Stefanie Dodt and Jan Lukas Strozyk, ARD German TV, and Dara Lind / ProPublica Oct 6, 2019 Companies offer high payments and bring-a-friend bonuses to Mexicans who cross the border on temporary visas to donate blood plasma. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Bloody Military Medals

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Feb 25, 2014 Dig deeper

New, Killer Strain of E. Coli Crops Up in Europe

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2011 Here's a reason to postpone travel plans to Germany: A new kind of E. coli bacterium has been discovered and has already killed 18 people and infected more than 1,500, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thai Red Shirts Dump Their Own Blood on the Government

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2010 An estimated 50,000 red-shirted protesters donated their own blood to be poured onto government and ruling party headquarters in Bangkok on Tuesday. The supporters of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra demanded new elections. Their numbers crested at an estimated 100,000 but appear to be dwindling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UK Science Squad Hoping to Make Blood

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2009 In a bid to create a vast reserve of universally acceptable O-negative blood, a team of Scottish scientists is heading up a research project that aims to produce synthetic blood from embryonic stem cells. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The ‘Blood Pipeline’ Test

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2009 Haaretz's Gideon Levy recalls the mathematician whose dutiful students drew up plans for a "blood pipeline" without questioning why it should be built. With Gaza, he warns, Israel faces such a test and "when the time comes for reckoning, we will need to remember the damage this war did to Israel." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Drowning in Support

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Protester to Rice: Iraqi Blood Is on Your Hands

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2007 Here's footage from Wednesday's dramatic confrontation on Capitol Hill between a Code Pink anti-war activist with faux blood on her hands and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose hands are stained, according to the protester, with the "blood of millions of Iraqis." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Half-Glass Study Group

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Moment of Reflection

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Artificial Sweeteners Speed Alcohol Into Blood

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2006 Alcoholic drinks made with artificial sweeteners lead to a higher rate of alcohol absorption than drinks made with sugar-based mixers. Finally, some news you can use. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condi Rice Heckled by Antiwar Protester

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 A protester interrupts the secretary of state at a budget hearing: "The blood is on your hands and you cannot wash it away." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )