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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A lucky blood donor received the keys to a new Toyota Tacoma today at Kentucky Blood Center’s Beaumont location. Larry C. Taylor, 47, of Versailles, donated blood on Aug. 22 and won a new truck a few weeks later. “I’ve never won anything big like this,” said Ta

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 29, 2016 — Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGLE), a biotechnology company committed to developing enzyme-based therapeutics in the field of amino acid metabolism to treat rare diseases and cancer, today announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phas

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The FDA announced new guidelines for blood donations. All blood donations in the United States and its territories are to be screened and tested for the zika virus. Officials hope it will help stop the spread of the virus. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers in Mob

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) For many in Kentucky, Zika is not a big concern. Blood donor Brandon Warden says, “It doesn’t really worry me much.” “We really don’t live close to any of the areas that have been affected or anything so it may or may reach this area,” says blood donor Ramona Lee

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government told all U.S. blood banks Friday to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. Previously, blood testing was mostly limited to parts of Florida and Puerto Rico, where Z

LAKEWOOD, Colo., — August 9, 2016—Terumo BCT, a global leader in blood component, therapeutic apheresis and cellular technologies, today announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with B Medical Systems, a Luxembourg-based leading manufacturer of professional biomedic

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – For the first time ever, Kentucky Blood Center will be accepting blood donations at the Kentucky State Fair. Kentucky Blood Center (KBC) will be located in the Health Horizons building and will be collecting blood from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day of the f

ST. PAUL, Minn. and NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Innovative Blood Resources (IBR) and New York Blood Center (NYBC) announced today that they are combining their operations to create one of the nation’s leading blood centers, serving patients and hospita

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave 400,000 dollars to Alabama to fight Zika.  The goal is to give real-time data about the Zika epidemic as it unfolds.  Right now Lifesouth Community Blood Centers are taking steps to prevent the spread of Zika though blood donat

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ)- Judy Dube was greeted by a sign at the Kentucky Blood Center, Tuesday morning letting her know if she’d traveled to a specific area of Florida in the past 28-days, she’d need to hold off on donating blood. That sign will greet everyone looking to donate blood af