For example, sickle cell anemia (SCA) is usually the most severe form of SCD. People living with SCA may have an increased risk of severe malaria. A 2022 study adds that, while living with SCA ...

LOS ANGELES — Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventive care that could help them stay healthier longer, according ...

A 2021 analysis by NORC, an independent research organization affiliated with the University of Chicago, identified 52,524 people with sickle cell disease who were enrolled in Medicaid in 2021 and ...

Many children with sickle cell anemia do not receive guideline-concordant preventive care to reduce their risks for serious infections or stroke, according to research conducted at Children&rsquo ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD). Treatments for sickle cell anemia include medications, blood transfusions, and bone marrow transplants. SCD is a group of ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The days of traumatic and painful experiences may be numbered for those with sickle cell anemia. “It is traumatic. You know he’s screaming. We’re trying to; I mean ...

A 21-year-old man has become the first person in New York—and one of the first in the world—to be cured of sickle cell anemia. A novel form of gene therapy enabled the man to receive a life ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Sickle cell anemia is a blood disease that affects millions of people around the world and Florida has one of the highest concentrations of sickle cell patients in the country.

McGill is one of the nation’s oldest people with sickle cell disease, living decades past age 52, the life expectancy of someone with the disease, which has a disproportionate effect on Black ...

For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile suffered chronic pain from debilitating sickle cell anemia. "Sickle cell was like a blockade for me, but now it's just like a wall that I just jumped over," he said.

Though Beauzile is the first in New York to successfully undergo sickle cell anemia-curing gene therapy, he's preceded by Kendric Cromer, a 12-year-old boy from Washington, DC who received ...