Medical advances are changing some of the hallmark physical symptoms of sickle cell disease, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye ...

Tutu, a pediatrician at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has emphasised the critical need for evidence-based ...

There is an incredible story of love and sacrifice out of Plant City that helped to heal a little girl from sickle cell ...

A gene therapy recently approved by the FDA to treat patients with Sickle Cell Anemia is now being administered in St. Louis.

It is encouraging to see that the UK has taken a historic step with NICE’s recent recommendation of Casgevy. This development has the potential to transform many lives, offering a potential cure for ...

that would be such a big step forward.” Jacinta said she will likely seek gene therapy for her 14-year-old daughter, who also has sickle cell and has suffered from brain aneurysms. Martin’s ...

Kennedy gave roughly five minutes of remarks to a packed ballroom in the Francis Marion Hotel, mainly focusing on progress in widening treatment access for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder ...

India has handed over the first consignment of vaccines for the management of sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia to the government. Indian ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava handed over the ...

CHARLESTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a landmark initiative to expand access to cutting-edge treatments for sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder that ...

You don’t have to navigate this alone. Social workers, advocates, and community health leaders want to walk with you every step of the way. Let’s be honest. Sickle cell has been overlooked for far too ...

So, they grow well and you’ll never know they have sickle cell disease.” She said family plus psychosocial support is also key but these are things that she and others are gradually stepping in to ...

Sickle cell disease is more serious and can lead to problems such as organ damage, strokes and anemia. By contrast, those with sickle cell trait “typically live normal lives,’’ according to ...