Families of those who have sickle cell disease in the Philadelphia area are pushing for more research and a cure.

June 19th is not only Juneteenth, it is also World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 Americans. However, researchers are working on a new way to cure it.

Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye shares her thoughts about the role of World Sickle Cell Day in promoting sickle cell awareness.

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is marked every year on June 19 to increase global understanding of sickle cell disease (SCD)—a chronic, inherited blood disorder that impacts millions of people ...

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But if you have sickle cell disease, your red blood cells are shaped like a sickle (similar to a crescent moon). This stops them moving with ease through the body and blood flow becomes restricted.

Sickle Cell Disease Blood Driving, with free sickle cell testing and health screenings, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Greater Little Rock Baptist Church, 901 N. A St.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers ...

Patients cope with persistent pain%2C need frequent transfusions Some say perception as an African-American disease hurts funding for research Lack of funding also means few specialists who treat ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — World Sickle Cell Day is Thursday, June 19, and it aims to raise awareness about sickle cell disease, which affects over 1,700 people in Indiana.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Staff at the Tomorrow Fund Clinic in Hasbro Children’s Hospital wore matching T-shirts to try to raise awareness for sickle cell disease on Tuesday.

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