With this approval approximately 45 people[i] living with cystic fibrosis, many with a rare mutation, will be newly eligible for a medicine that ...

Thalassaemia patients in Karnataka face hope and hardship, battling disease with silent strength and financial struggles.

Chosen Ministries will host a 5K run/walk at the Havelock High School track to raise money for the fight against sickle cell disease. Registratio ...

CRISPR Therapeutics, whose CEO is Samarth Kulkarni, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals earned the first U.S. Food and Drug ...

New research shows that inflammation levels in women with sickle cell disease are higher during the follicular phase of the ...

ShareIn a significant boost to community health, over 400 individuals in Irri, Isoko South, Delta State recently benefited ...

In what she called a shock, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye learned some parents give birth to children with sickle cell. Then ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Monday reported disappointing first-quarter earnings impacted by weaker-than-expected sales of its ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua offers suggestions and encouragement to parents whose child has just been diagnosed with sickle cell ...

A few drops of blood, collected in the first days of life, are tested almost immediately for serious conditions that can and should be treated early — such as congenital hypothyroidism, cystic ...