Leaders and advocates gather for the 9th Annual Leadership Summit of the Sickle Cell Community Consortium, celebrating ...

Sickle cell disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide.It is characterised by the production of abnormally shaped red blood cells, which can block blood ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in downtown Charleston Friday morning.

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

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

Sickle cell has been overlooked for far too long. Fortunately, there are new breakthroughs in sickle cell treatment that you ...

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

Martin Mwita and his mother Jacinta Mwita, both of Omaha, Neb., speak about his journey living with sickle cell anemia and ...

Scenes from the Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County’s 2025 Eva Mack Breakfast at the Kravis Center on Saturday, April ...

Doctors and researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center are hoping to bring a different therapy that uses a ...

Traveling to cold climates with sickle cell disease can be daunting. Low temperatures can trigger a crisis, causing intense pain and discomfort. None of us want that. I recently returned from a… ...

While both sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease involve mutations in the haemoglobin gene, they are fundamentally different in terms of symptoms, severity, and impact on daily life.