Thalassemia is a serious but preventable genetic blood disorder that affects the body’s ability to produce normal haemoglobin ...

In what she called a shock, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye learned some parents give birth to children with sickle cell. Then ...

In sickle cell disease, a mutation in hemoglobin genes results in crescent-shaped red blood cells instead of round ones. The sickled cells get stuck together, bringing on episodes of severe pain.

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 ...

Let’s take a deep breath and talk about something that hits close to home for many of us, especially in the Black community: Sickle Cell Disease ... the body a new gene that helps produce normal ...

Long-term treatment with hydroxyurea reduces emergency department visits and days spent in the hospital for children with sickle cell anemia ... Hydroxyurea tended to increase the concentration of ...

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 ...

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 ...