Sickle cell patients and their families are speaking out, saying their pain is being treated with a one-size-fits-all ...

A year ago, NBC News joined Wedam Minyila as he began undergoing a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease. The process has included having his stem cells removed for a revolutionary gene ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of Vanderbilt's latest studies has found a cure for sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins. It often ...

Under the agreement, participating states will receive “discounts and rebates” from the drugmakers if the treatments don’t ...

At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, for the longest time, that she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday announced that it has approved Casgevy, the first CRISPR gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, paving the way for thousands of patients in ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD), the most common inherited blood disorder, affects millions worldwide. In the United States alone, it impacts over 100,000 individuals, predominantly African Americans. The ...

Three-year-old Kaliph Eubanks is full of happy energy playing at the park in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. He also has sickle cell disease. Thursday marked World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, ...

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...

Around 2% to 3% of the Nigerian population has sickle cell disease (SCD), while about 25% of Nigerians carry the sickle cell trait, making it a major public health concern. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) ...

One of Vanderbilt's latest studies has found a cure for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins, which often leads to pain, anemia and other issues ...