Roseland Community Hospital on Monday celebrated the opening of a new sickle cell treatment clinic. The ribbon was cut at 9 a ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers for ...

The new clinic aims to expand access to specialized care for a community disproportionately affected by sickle cell disease.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia woman is urging people to consider donating blood as she continues her lifelong battle with sickle cell disease. "I'm in constant worry that I might not wake up," ...

From 2008 to 2023, there has been a significant decrease in cystic fibrosis mortality rates and a significant rise in sickle ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sickle cell anemia disproportionately affects Black people, causing severe pain, potential organ damage and in some cases, death. Many times, only blood transfusions can provide ...

A national, multicenter clinical trial of low-dose haploidentical (half-matched) bone marrow transplant to treat severe sickle cell disease found the treatment to be safe and curative for adults with ...

HOUSTON — People living with sickle cell disease and their families are excited about what the FDA recently did to help. It approved gene therapies for those dealing with the disease. Sickle cell ...

Reeves is an associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Michigan and the principal investigator of the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection program. In December 2023, a ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Most patients living with sickle cell disease who went to the emergency department of a U.S. hospital with a severe pain crisis were not triaged properly and faced long delays. Those triaged with a ...

Today is World Sickle Cell Disease Day. The international awareness day is observed annually to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease and the challenges experienced by ...