A total of 35 patients with sickle cell disease were given disability certificates at a health camp jointly organised by the Centre for Training, Research, and Innovation in Tribal Health (CTRITH ...

For 21-year-old Javarian Weatherspoon, life without pain feels like a miracle. After growing up with sickle cell disease, he ...

There is a need to raise awareness among the public about genetic disorders such as thalassemia, sickle cell anemia and hemophilia, all of which require continuous medication, said Minister for ...

HANOVER, N.H. (WCAX) - A blood drive at Dartmouth College on Monday was aimed at helping those with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a genetic blood disorder that mostly affects African Americans.

SO SICKLE CELL WAS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US. THIS DRIVE AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE IS AN EFFORT TO HELP PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE MOST COMMON GENETIC BLOOD DISORDER IN THE U.S., SICKLE CELL ...

Vertex Pharma's £1.65 million ($2.05 million) gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy, has been given the green light for use by the NHS in England under a managed access ...

A groundbreaking new study introduces an AI-powered smartphone app that noninvasively screens for anemia using a photo of a user's fingernail. The study shows the app provides hemoglobin estimates ...

Pfizer is voluntarily withdrawing its sickle cell disease (SCD) therapy Oxbryta from all world markets after finding an "imbalance" in deaths in its clinical trials programme. It's a blow to the ...

Iyanu and her band of misfits are coming back for more adventures. Cartoon Network and HBO Max have officially renewed “Iyanu,” the animated fantasy series based on Roye Okupe’s Nigerian ...

A sickle cell patient paints a drawing during the Art Ease session at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. PHOTO URN GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Behind the Sickle Cell Clinic at Gulu Regional ...