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

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

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

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 ...

Farrell High School students are raising awareness for an important cause--donating blood for sickle cell anemia.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's been more than a month since the FDA approved two milestone gene-editing treatments for sickle cell disease, but lining up patients for these therapies will be a challenge ...

TIME ON THE CLOCK 633 RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE SICKLE CELL DISEASE, AND NEARLY 90% ARE BLACK. YOU CAN MAKE A LIFESAVING DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LIVING WITH SICKLE ...

Andrea Matthews poses with her son Jonathan Matthews. She started the foundation because her son lives with sickle cell disease. Michelle Parr's sickle cell disease went undiagnosed for 25 years. Her ...

The Sickle Cell Day Unit at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, London, remains under threat following a temporary six-month trial, prompting sustained opposition from patients, families, and ...

NHS Scotland has approved a one-time CRISPR gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease, offering durable reduction in vaso-occlusive crises for eligible patients.

Africa accounts for the majority of global births affected by the condition, yet universal newborn screening remains rare.

The Ministry of Health is set to fully integrate Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) into the Social Health Authority’s (SHA) benefits package, a move that will reshape how care for patients with the condition ...