Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting ...

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

Hoosiers from across the state will gather at the Indiana State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 2, to call attention to the urgent ...

CS-101 is Shanghai-based CorrectSequence's lead candidate, which it is developing for treating sickle-cell disease and ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and bluebird bio have entered into an agreement with CMS to participate in a new Medicaid payment model for gene-based sickle cell anemia treatments, the agency announced ...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a global health challenge that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite significant ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) can affect people of any ethnicity but is much more common among Africans and African Americans. Other ethnic groups with higher rates of SCD include Hispanic Americans from ...

WESTLAND, Mich. — For D’Asia Jackson, every day is a guessing game over whether excruciating pain will upend her life. The 28-year-old medical assistant was born with sickle cell disease, an inherited ...