SRT CEO Patrick Girondi and Artist and Project Manager Megan Euker with newly restored San Rocco sculpture, Altamura, Italy.

CMS has reached agreements with drug manufacturers to provide gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease to Medicaid recipients under a new outcomes-based model. A total of 33 states, including the ...

States representing about 84% of Medicaid beneficiaries are participating in an initiative that enables the U.S. government ...

Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, a doctor, sorts through the difference between sickle cell anemia and sickle cell disease — and more.

Safi Biotherapeutics (Safi), a biotechnology company producing stem-cell derived, manufactured human red blood cell (mRBC) ...

The model was initially launched by the Biden administration in February 2023, and CMS announced that SCD would be the first focus of the model the following January. This is the ...

By Deslyn A Joseph Dr. Edda Hadeed, the President of the Sickle Cell Association of Antigua and Barbuda (SCAAB), will be seeking to educate residents and the ...

“The Hill County of Texas is a magical place, especially for children going to camp there,” the Texas native said. “It’s a cherished memory you carry with you all your life. My daughter was actually a ...

The gene-editing therapy OTQ923 normalized brain blood flow in 3 sickle cell disease patients, suggesting it may lower stroke ...

This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic blood disorder in the world, most prevalent among people of colour. On World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, doctors, patients and grieving families are ...

Recent cuts to the CDC are affecting women suffering from chronic diseases. In April, the group that was responsible for evaluating research and recommending birth control methods for patients ...