Kentucky Blood Center

As of Thursday morning, Kentucky leads Tennessee in the 37th annual Big Blue Crush. Heading into day four of the completion the score is: KY 1461 pints TN 1239 pints.

This week marks the 55th anniversary of the Kentucky Blood Center in Lexington but you’ll forgive them for not pausing to celebrate for too long as they’ll tell you the need for blood never stops. WUKY's Alan Lytle was fortunate enough to get KBC’s media branding director Eric Lindsey on the phone for a quick interview.

While the arrival of summer can be exciting, it also ushers in what the medical community calls “trauma season” when warm weather and increase in outdoor activities results in a higher number of unintentional injuries requiring emergency care. As many of these injuries are potentially life-threatening, there is also an increase in the need for blood transfusions, so keeping up the blood supply becomes even more important. This week Dr. Greg talks about summer blood drives with Morgan H. McCoy, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the UK College of Medicine.

It’s been anything but a typical Monday at Kentucky Blood Center. Communications manager Denise Fields tells WUKY lines have grown longer for people…

The Kentucky Blood Center is putting out an urgent call for blood donations today ahead of another anticipated winter wallop. Executive Director Martha…