A Taylor Swift ticket giveaway worth thousands of dollars and aimed at incentivizing more people to donate blood worked, Kentucky Blood Center donor numbers show. From May 28 through June 29, anyone who donated at any Kentucky Blood Center location was entered to win two Eras Tour tickets for Nov. 3 in Indianapolis. The winner, […]
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The anatomy of Kentucky’s blood supply, and why more need to donate
Quintissa Peake, like many people, doesn’t like needles. But the Letcher County woman can’t choose to avoid them. She lives with sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder that is painful and primarily affects people of African descent. People with sickle cell often need blood transfusions to replace their damaged hemoglobin cells – which are […]