LifeSouth Community Blood Centers

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LifeSouth Community Blood Centers have been in emergency need of blood for months.

The display at LifeSouth Community Blood Centers has different versions of Batman and his sidekick, Robin, from 1966, the '90s and 2016.

The FDA is encouraging people with COVID-19 antibodies to donate plasma to help develop a treatment for the virus.

About playing the music of the '50s and '60s, Billy says, “It doesn’t matter what color you are. It doesn’t matter what age you are. You look out there, man, and they’re all digging it and that just says a lot to me. That just says a lot about the music, its longevity, and how important it is.”

Perry McGriff was an adamant blood donor, avid bike rider and a Gator-great. His life's work was recognized and honored at Westside Baptist Church today in front of a congregation of 300.

Gainesville community leaders respond to the mass shooting in Orlando. Blood banks are asking for people to make appointments to donate.

Gainesville residents host a blood drive on Valentine's Day to honor their grandson who has leukemia.

Due to a 2012 state law on tattoo parlors, people who received tattoos after Jan. 1 no longer have to wait 12 months to donate blood.

World Blood Donor Day comes with another reason for celebration this year at LifeSouth Community Blood Centers Friday, thanks to an approval for a cord blood manufacturing license from the FDA. LifeSouth is the first blood bank in Florida and fifth in the nation to earn the license.