Farrell High School students are raising awareness for an important cause--donating blood for sickle cell anemia.
A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...
Sickle cell patients and their families are speaking out, saying their pain is being treated with a one-size-fits-all ...
Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting ...
Hoosiers from across the state will gather at the Indiana State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 2, to call attention to the urgent ...
Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...
The Alabama Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that moves the Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission under the ...
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How sickle cell changed human evolution

Sickle cell disease is caused by a single genetic mutation that alters the shape of red blood cells. While the condition causes severe pain and health complications, carriers gain resistance to ...
Three University High School juniors are working to help kids with sickle cell through the Caring Cells Project.
Chronic pain in young people with sickle cell disease means greater disability, more burden, and lower quality of life, a U.S ...