Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group ...

My Blood, Your Blood, a new children's book by author and producer Laura Henry-Allain MBE and illustrated by Zenovia Grant, is full of heroes. Based on the real-life experience of 13-year-old Angel ...

A case study shows how sickle cell retinopathy may be the first clinical manifestation of underlying hemoglobinopathy.

Today I'm delighted to welcome Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health. He was also recently appointed as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A newly opened sickle cell treatment center at the Medical University of South Carolina is facing growing criticism from patients and civil rights advocates who say they are ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Sickle cell patients and their families are speaking out, saying their pain is being treated with a one-size-fits-all approach that fails to recognize how differently ...

Dr. Angella D. Ferguson, a pediatrician whose groundbreaking research aided in the early diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell anemia, a painful and deadly disease that disproportionately afflicts ...

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as well as treatment guidelines. By Sam Roberts Dr. Angella D. Ferguson, a ...

New Jersey has added sickle cell anemia as a qualifying condition for the state’s Medicinal Cannabis Program. Under a measure signed Jan. 12 by outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy, patients diagnosed with the ...

Sickle cell anemia is the world's most common genetic disorder. It causes the red blood pigment hemoglobin to crystallize, which results in rigid, malformed red blood cells with a sickle shape. This ...

RICHMOND, Va. — With the next General Assembly session set to begin next week, people who suffer from sickle cell anemia and their loved ones are gearing up to push for legislation and funding support ...