Sickle Cell News and Information

Calling all Sickle Cell Warriors and Caregivers!    Cayenne Wellness Center and UCLA Health are seeking 500+ responses for an important...

From the office of Senator Raphael Warnock Dear Georgians,   I pray that you and your loved ones are all safe in the aftermath of...

Article originally published in Reuters LOS ANGELES, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Student Zoe Davis, 20, was just weeks into her junior year when...

Article originally printed in businesswire Pfizer Inc. announced today that it is voluntarily withdrawing all lots of OXBRYTA®...

If you have sickle cell disease, you may be eligible for disability benefits through Social Security’s Disability Insurance (SSDI) or...

Juanita McClain Life expectancy for people with sickle cell in the U.S. has increased to about 50 years, but some people with the disease...

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 8: Community Engagement and Patient Advocacy HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Individuals living with...

GRA-led initiative leverages, expands Georgia's strengths and assets Georgia’s Solve Sickle Cell Initiative (SSCI) aims to leverage the...

An accomplished researcher in genetics and sickle cell disease is returning to Georgia to lead a science and medical collaborative that...

Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Images In the preceding months, her father’s falls had quickly gone from an occasional scare to a...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of yet another respiratory virus in the back-to-school season. The virus is...

A pill to treat sickle cell disease? Compound that activates fetal gene raises new hope Drug strategy, shown to produce hemoglobin in lab...

Yale doctors discuss the implications of these treatments for those with the debilitating blood disorder. Until recently, the only...

Infusion Centers or EDs for Sickle Cell Crises? — Adults with SCD treated in infusion centers had improved outcomes in three key measures...

Nutrition in Sickle Cell Disease: a call to action to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of sickle cell patients! By Claudine...

Contributors: Sarah Klemm, RDN, CD, LDN and Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN, LD Published: November 10, 2021 Reviewed: October 21, 2021 Sickle...

"I can't describe the pain," says Yinka. "I had it everywhere in my body—my chest, my back, my face, and even in my fingernails." Yinka...

Sickle cell disease is more than an illness—it's a financial strain, too Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell...