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Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has commended two Kenyan scientists who are developing a treatment for sickle cell disease.Scedamin is a pediatric formulation of hydroxyurea being developed ...
Sickle Cell Disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is best known for causing anaemia, pain episodes, and organ complications, but a lesser-known ...
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation is hosting its 32nd Annual Run/Walk-a-Thon. The event is on Saturday, May 10, at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo ...
Columnist Mary Shaniqua offers suggestions and encouragement to parents whose child has just been diagnosed with sickle cell ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Pikes Peak State College students are benefitting from a new $1.5 million grant. It’ll give ...
This week's Guest Voice is Richard Bayliss, who talks about three coping tools he's found useful in living with sickle cell ...
Kennedy gave roughly five minutes of remarks to a packed ballroom in the Francis Marion Hotel, mainly focusing on progress in widening treatment access for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder ...
CHARLESTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a landmark initiative to expand access to cutting-edge treatments for sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder that ...
Nigeria is suspected to fly high in recording incidence of sickle cell disease (SCD) but ranks low or zero in care management and psychosocial support. Now, an expert has found the difference between ...
Let’s take a deep breath and talk about something that hits close to home for many of us, especially in the Black community: Sickle Cell Disease. If you or someone you love lives with sickle cell, you ...
Calvin Dickey Jr.'s parents have sued Bucknell following his death two days after a 2024 football team workout. How can ...
Sickle cell disease is more serious and can lead to problems such as organ damage, strokes and anemia. By contrast, those with sickle cell trait “typically live normal lives,’’ according to ...