Negative descriptors were present in 15% of notes for sickle cell patients; 14% of notes for patients with opioid use ...

After immigrating to the United States as a teenager, Divine Mabo saw an online photo of a beautiful young woman, Siri, from his home country, Cameroon, and instantly knew he had to meet her. Their ...

Travail With Us founder and CEO Alfreida Robins is once again leading the charge to raise awareness for Sickle Cell disease ...

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 ...

If the Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act is signed into law by Governor Kemp, the Act would mandate the Georgia Department ...

Discover the hidden reality of living with sickle cell disease. Learn why private endurance has a high cost and how community ...

If you or someone you know has sickle cell disease (SCD), you may have heard of Lyfgenia, one of two gene therapies approved for this condition. Gene therapies are the only treatments for SCD that can ...

By Alexandria Green Jones As momentum builds around new sickle cell legislation in Georgia, advocates say a deeper issue continues to threaten the very communities the disease impacts most. Black-led ...

A research collaboration involving scientists and students at The University of Texas at Dallas has found a clear connection between chronic sickle cell disease pain and the bacteria present in the ...

In season 1, episode 2 of the popular show "The Pitt," a Black woman with sickle cell disease arrives at the emergency ...

Study finds sickle cell disease bias in clinical notes is linked more to opioid use than race or chronic pain in healthcare ...

Mitapivat has been approved in the US under the Pyrukynd trade name since 2022 as a treatment for haemolytic anaemia in adults with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency, and late last year claimed another ...