Guest writer Whitney Smith is a sickle cell warrior and advocate because some medical professionals don't know what the ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua is disappointed to learn that her port-a-cath, which she got to facilitate blood exchange ...

A study links vitamin D deficiency to more sickle cell complications in children, including pain crises, hospitalizations, ...

As she approaches her 40th birthday, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye ponders whether life with sickle cell disease is a blessing or a curse.

A camp in North Carolina offers children living with sickle cell disease the chance to build confidence, independence, and emotional strength while connecting with others who also live with a chronic ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) may be cured in some individuals by a stem cell transplant. There also are several approved therapies to help manage the condition and its related complications. Some of the ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Although approximately 1 in 6 people worldwide are living with a ...

Roche has announced the launch of a new test that can screen newborns for sickle cell disease (SCD) and two other serious genetic disorders at the same time. The test, known as the LightMix Newborn ...

Supplementing with vitamin D for six months safely improved bone health and functional capacity in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD), a study finds. More studies are required to ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit The three-year collaboration will leverage Orna’s proprietary lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery ...

A sickle cell disease (SCD) patient in Bahrain received the gene-editing therapy Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel), becoming the first patient outside the U.S. to be treated with the drug. Bahrain ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug status to Kind Pharmaceuticals’ investigational oral small molecule AND017 to treat sickle cell disease (SCD). This designation is granted ...