A developmental screening tool may identify young children with SCD who are at risk for academic difficulties, a study found.

After 35 years of consistent pain, Allan Byamukama became one of the few individuals in the world cured of sickle cell ...

The Ministry of Health says the goal is to transition Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) care from emergency response to consistent, ...

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

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...

The Maharashtra government’s Public Health and Family Welfare Department will roll out a special statewide sickle cell screening drive, ‘Arunodaya’, from January 15 to February 7, with the aim of ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Cherokee County man living with Sickle Cell Disease is now the first known person with the condition to get a medical pilot’s license. Channel 2’s Fred Blankenship spoke with ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — For the first time, scientists say new therapies have the power to cure sickle cell disease. The disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated ...

Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - 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 ...