I was two years old when I was diagnosed with sickle cell HbSC disease. By age 10, I had already survived four surgeries. I don’t remember a life without this disease — without the hospitalizations, ...

If the Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act is signed into law by Governor Kemp, the Act would mandate the Georgia Department ...

Sickle cell patients at the Royal London Hospital will have to return to using A&E for emergency care after a five-month pilot ended Ending an emergency care pilot for sickle cell patients in London ...

December 12, 2011 — Children with sickle cell anemia who receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine are no more likely to be hospitalized for sickle cell crisis than children with sickle cell ...

The analysis included 66 visits: 23 and 43 visits were assigned emergency severity index 2 and 3. HealthDay News — A majority of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month — a time to recognize the strength of those living with sickle cell disease and to raise awareness about the critical role blood donations play in their care.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On her best days, Tatyana Thompson’s pain was at a level five. Some days, it would stay that way, a persistent throb in her joints ...

The American Red Cross says we are in the midst of a severe blood donation shortage. Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the numbers for donations have never returned to normal. That’s a major concern of some ...

Sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder, disproportionately affects Black individuals, with one in 365 Black babies born with it in the U.S. New, high-cost gene therapies offer potential cures ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, highlighting the need for blood donations for those with the disease. Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder causing red blood cells to block blood flow, ...