Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces sickle-cell treatment program in Charleston while assuring SC Sen. Tim Scott that federal ...

Martin Mwita, 20, is the first patient in St. Louis and among the first across the country to receive a new gene therapy for ...

Sickle cell has been overlooked for far too long. Fortunately, there are new breakthroughs in sickle cell treatment that you can't miss.

Thirty-five states have agreed to participate in a federal pilot program aimed at helping Medicaid patients access costly ...

While any blood donor is welcome and prized, more Black donors are particularly needed, especially for recipients with sickle ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that mostly impacts Black and Hispanic Americans. It makes a patient's blood cells change from the typical doughnut shape into the shape of a banana ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited red blood cell disorder in the U.S., affecting an estimated 100,000 people, researchers said in background notes. One in every 365 Black ...

Those with sickle cell disease produce unusually shaped red blood cells. It can be life-threatening and cause recurring intense pain, when blood vessels become blocked by the misshapen cells.

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that mostly impacts Black and Hispanic Americans. It makes a patient’s blood cells change from the typical doughnut shape into the shape of a ...