A SYSTEMATIC review by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) has found no evidence to support sickle cell trait (SCT) as a cause of acute pain crises or sudden exertion-related death. This finding ...

A new review and policy statement underscore the inaccuracy of sickle cell trait as a cause of death on autopsies.

At least 29 recruits have died during basic training at law enforcement academies nationwide in the last decade.

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

it is referred to as "HbAS" or "sickle cell trait". Other, rarer forms of sickle-cell disease include sickle-haemoglobin C disease (HbSC), sickle beta-plus-thalassaemia (HbS/β+) and sickle beta ...

It is a group of disorders that include sickle cell anemia (HbSS), sickle-hemoglobin C disease (HbSC), and sickle ... There is no difference between Sickle Cell Trait and Sickle Cell Disease ...

The Medical University of South Carolina Health has established the Rena N. Grant Sickle Cell Center to help treat those ...

The Medical University of South Carolina is expanding its access to state-supported Sickle Cell programs for “warriors,” or ...

The Urban League of Greater Madison and The American Red Cross will host a Sickle Cell Awareness Blood Drive on Saturday, Feb ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Emory Moore, a 12-year-old treated at Brenner Children’s Hospital for sickle cell disease, received a special day with the Wake Forest basketball team. Despite her ...

Black recruits represented nearly 60% of those who died, a striking disparity given that federal data show Black officers ...