Elijah Dottery spent months at a time at a children’s hospital in Ann Arbor battling sickle cell anemia and its complications ...

Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventative care that could help them stay healthier for longer, a Children's Hospital ...

A Nashville doctor helped pioneer a gene therapy that can eliminate sickle cell disease — and the FDA just approved it for ...

December 12, 2011 — Children with sickle cell anemia who receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine are no more likely to be hospitalized for sickle cell crisis than children with sickle cell ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately half of patients who visited the ED with pain from sickle cell disease needed to be hospitalized.

Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic blood disorder that affects the shape and function of red blood cells. It can lead to severe health complications, including pain, infections, and anemia. Understanding ...

Dr. Tamara New has spent more than two decades ensuring that children with sickle cell disease do not get left behind. As director of the Sickle Cell Disease Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Too few U.S. kids with sickle cell anemia get a needed screening for stroke, according to a study released Tuesday. The study found fewer than half get the screening and only about ...

I was cradling my newborn son in my kitchen when I got the call from his pediatrician in winter 2015. "Are you sitting?" he asked somberly. I sank slowly into a chair knowing what he was about to ...

Gladicy Mbeyu a Sickle Cell Disease patient and a teacher at Kilimo primary school in Kilifi during an interview with the standard at Kilifi South constituency in Kilifi county. Gladicy was awarded a ...