Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and roughly 100,000 here in the United States, most of them African American. It ...

Sickle cell anemia can cause your blood cells to stick as they move through your body, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, intense pain, and jaundice. Symptoms such as chest pain may signal a sickle ...

Dima Hendricks said as a Black woman with a chronic illness she never thought she would be able to fulfill her dream of competing in national beauty pageants. “I competed on a state level for over 25 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new sickle cell disease program, which has been in the works for months, is now available for families across Hampton Roads. The first-of-its-kind care network will break down ...

December 12, 2011 — Children with sickle cell anemia who receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine are no more likely to be hospitalized for sickle cell crisis than children with sickle cell ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...