Most patients living with sickle cell disease who went to the emergency department of a U.S. hospital with a severe pain crisis were not triaged properly and faced long delays. Those triaged with a ...

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

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness month. With that in mind, the Red Cross and doctors are sharing how the disease affects people and just how important blood donations are to treatment.

Sickle cell disease advocates in East Texas say raising awareness and expanding education are critical steps toward improving care and saving lives. Despite being the most common inherited blood ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Recurrent pain episodes are the leading reason for emergency department (ED) visits among patients with sickle cell disease, but adherence to established acute pain management ...

Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease saw high rates of survival without disease symptoms and low rates of severe side effects or complications years after ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in July ...

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