BOWLING GREEN, KY.- According to the CDC, about 90,000 non-Hispanic Black or African American people in the United States have sickle cell disease. Outside the U.S., the condition is more common in ...

Recent therapies like hydroxyurea (Droxia, Bristol-Myers Squibb), the first FDA-approved drug for SCD in 1994, increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which, through unknown pathways, improves SCD symptoms ...

Focus on Sickle Cell Foundation (FoSCel) has called for increased awareness and proactive care for people living with sickle cell disease during its Sickle Cell Fun Fair at Achimota Mall on Saturday, ...

The Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training, Prof. Obiageli Nnodu, said ...

The Focus on Sickle Cell Foundation (FoSCel) has called for greater awareness and proactive care for people living with sickle cell disease during its Sickle Cell Fun Fair at Achimota Mall on Saturday ...

Differences in red blood cell stiffness may help to explain variations in the severity of sickle cell disease (SCD), ...

In today’s issue: Our in-depth WP Intelligence report on Medicaid’s new approach to innovative yet pricey drugs. Botox ...

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

The system wasn't designed with Black people in mind. Elvenia Gray-Sandiford has a plan to change that. A Tyee Q&A.

There was panic yesterday at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) following the death of an infant allegedly linked to the ongoing rubella measles ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Principal Secretary, PK Mishra, was on a personal trip to Bhopal to attend a wedding ceremony on Saturday. Mishra paid a courtesy visit to ...

In most states, Medicaid eligibility rules shift at age 19, when individuals transition from child to adult classification. A new study led by the ...