Chronic pain in young people with sickle cell disease means greater disability, more burden, and lower quality of life, a U.S ...

Learn about the global clinical trial for sickle cell disease aimed at improving quality of life and addressing anemia.

Strep throat is a common throat infection that often causes a sore throat, fever and trouble swallowing. It tends to come on ...

Scientists in Sweden and Norway have uncovered a promising way to spot Parkinson’s disease years—possibly decades—before its most damaging symptoms appear. By detecting subtle biological signals in ...

In November 2023, the UK became the first country in the world to authorise a Crispr gene-editing therapy.

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

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 ...

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

Sickle cell patients are fighting to save a specialist NHS unit they rely on during pain crises, warning that A&E delays and ...

Health officials said the decision was taken to use tribal languages after facing challenges in communicating health messages in the remote tribal belts.

The lifelong effects of rare blood disorder diagnoses in childhood are being analysed in a first-of-its-kind study led by the ...

The year ahead feels like a long stretch of unwrapped gifts. Some days are bright boxes with bows; others are wrinkled wrapping paper hiding something unexpected. For me, living with sickle cell ...