Nikki Peterson, like approximately 100,000 other Americans, was born with sickle cell anemia. The 43-year-old lives in Upper Marlboro, Md., and ends up in the hospital about four times during what she ...

Potential curative therapies may help reduce the burden, but are also costly. The healthcare spending analysis, which published today in Blood Advances (https ...

Transforming Sickle Cell Advocacy Through Leadership, Equity, and Community Care Dr. La’Shardae Scott, DSW, MSW, CHES, CHW, is a nationally recognized leader in social work, health equity, and sickle ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- On July 1, four new laws go into effect that directly impact those living with sickle cell disease and those who are unaware that they may have the disease and/or be a carrier of the ...

ATLANTA — There’s new hope for those living with Sickle Cell Disease thanks to a unique new treatment approved by the U.S. government. The treatment is a gene cell therapy recently approved by the U.S ...

Exclusive: Demand for blood to treat the rare disorder has soared by 132% in 10 years ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder that remains under-treated. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up On a hospital bed, surrounded by white walls, beneath fluorescent ...

More than 1,700 Hoosiers are living with Sickle Cell Disease, a rare blood disorder. In SCD, red blood cells become hard, sticky, and C-shaped, which can block blood flow. This can lead to organ ...

Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, today announced that the company will present updated biomarker data from ...

Amy Cohen of Lynn will be running in the New York Road Runners New York City Marathon. She's running as a member of "Team Inspire" because of her extraordinary story. Cohen has sickle cell disease, a ...

A Nigerian man living with sickle cell shared how the condition affected his life, leading to lost jobs and friendships He revealed the struggles of hiding his illness while working and partying, and ...