For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved ...

Wendy Tabron, American Red Cross -National Biomedical Partnership Officer, said the Red Cross needs blood every two minutes. ...

Sickle cell trait (SCT) differs vastly from sickle cell disease. SCT is a genetic condition when someone inherits one sickle ...

Saladin Anderson, better known as Bam, is leading the charge to raise awareness about Sickle Cell Disease after being ...

GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Ten-year-old Saladin "Bam" Anderson is a sickle cell patient who held his second Sickle Cell Awareness Month ...

Sickle cell carriers are at a slightly increased risk of blood clots, but the overall risk is still low, a study found.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and collaborators have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, ...

It’s been almost a year since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetic treatments for sickle cell disease.

The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), despite the ...

The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD) despite the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) establishing standards of ...

September is sickle cell awareness month. On Thursday, organizations came together to host the “United Against Sickle Cell” ...

The Mississippi Gulf Coast Pan-Hellenic Council hosting an upcoming blood drive to spread awareness of sickle cell disease.