With sickle cell disease, red blood cells become hard and sticky, looking like a C-shaped farm tool called a “sickle.” Unlike typical red blood cells that are round, sickle cells have trouble passing ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and millions of people worldwide are living with the disease. But advances in ...

Health leaders in South Carolina are using Sickle Cell Awareness Month as an opportunity to expand outreach and resources for families affected by the disease.

News Center 7’s Amber Jenkins spent the day at the blood drive on First Street in Dayton and saw dozens of people come in and donate.

Nine of 10 people who have sickle cell disease in the U.S. are of African ancestry or identify as Black, according to studies ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and the South Carolina Dept. of Public Health (DPH) is joining health organizations nationwide to raise awareness about the disease ...

For the first time in his life, a young New Jersey man is pain-free thanks to a new gene treatment working to cure patients of sickle cell disease. Gerald Quartey, 18, is the first patient in the ...

According to the Red Cross, due to an industry-wide filter limitation, individuals with the sickle cell trait are unable to ...

Nearly three dozen states have signed onto a U.S. government initiative designed to help improve access to gene therapies that can eliminate serious symptoms of sickle cell disease, but remain ...

A research collaboration involving scientists and students at The University of Texas at Dallas has found a clear connection ...