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.

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day 2025, observed on June 19, aims to raise awareness about sickle cell disease and advocate for better care.

Extreme pain, known as a pain crisis, is one of the hallmark symptoms of SCD. With frequent hospitalizations, chronic pain ...

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

The events include a Sickle Cell Awareness Walk and picnic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Hidden Lake Park, ... The logo was designed in the 1980s by Chesterton resident Deano Recktenwall.

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.

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.

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.

Families in Philadelphia with sickle cell disease are hopeful and advocate for a cure 02:14. Three-year-old Kaliph Eubanks is full of happy energy playing at the park in the Germantown section of ...

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 ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month to help more people understand Sickle Cell Disorders, how they affect blood cells, and the risks that come with them. By Bethany Davis Published : Sep. 19 ...

The Inova Schar Adult Sickle Cell Center is at 8081 Innovation Park Dr., 4th Floor, Skyline Clinic, in Fairfax. If you have a sickle cell crisis, call 571-472-1390 to request a same-day urgent ...