MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation is hosting its 32nd Annual Run/Walk-a-Thon. The event is on Saturday, May 10, at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Long-term treatment with hydroxyurea reduces emergency department visits and days spent in the hospital for children with sickle cell anemia, the most common and usually the most severe form of sickle ...

People with an inherited blood disorder have actively avoided seeking ambulance care because of past negative experiences, according to a report. Findings of a research project – commissioned by ...

Vascarta is launching a proof-of-concept Phase 1 clinical study to test its topical curcumin gel VAS-101 — which uses a component of turmeric — in people with sickle cell disease (SCD ... represents ...

The findings were part of a research project commissioned by London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust and carried out by the Sickle Cell Society. LAS said it had developed an action plan to ...

More than 800 families were not given their children’s tests results for sickle cell carrier status between January 2012 and June 2024 because a single staff member responsible for the process ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. In a world where certain health conditions dominate headlines and funding priorities, sickle cell disease — a ...