Researchers conducted a retrospective study at a quaternary care hospital with 60,000 annual emergency department visits, examining patients at least 22 years with SCD vaso-occlusive crisis between ...

(WASHINGTON — October 8, 2025) – Most individuals living with sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency department with a pain crisis, known as vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), were not triaged ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A walk through the new Sentara-EVMS Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program clinic is a victory lap for Democratic Delegate Cliff Hayes of the 91st District. “Knowing, the debilitating ...

You're reading Part 5 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. ST. LOUIS — All morning, nurses had been coming in, taking ...

September marks Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and this year, the INOVA Schar Adult Sickle Cell Center hosted a pivotal town meeting to unite advocates, county agencies, and the public to raise ...

Kids are more likely than adults to get proper treatment WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. emergency rooms are failing patients in severe pain from a sickle cell disease crisis, a new ...

Kevin Wake lay on the bathroom floor of his Chicago apartment, immobile and unable to speak. The first responders arrived. As he listened, silent and helpless, Wake heard the care team diagnose the ...

Patients in sickle cell crisis can wait in agony for hours if inappropriately triaged by an ER Those inappropriately placed in a less severe pain category waited nearly three times as long for their ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new sickle cell disease program, which has been in the works for months, is now available for families across Hampton Roads. The first-of-its-kind care network will break down ...

The analysis included 66 visits: 23 and 43 visits were assigned emergency severity index 2 and 3. HealthDay News — A majority of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC ...