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.

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

The Feist-Weiller Cancer Center on the LSU Health Shreveport campus is hosting an art exhibit featuring works created by patients, caregivers, staff, and local artists to raise awareness of sickle ...

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

Bam "Cause I have sickle cell and the doctors said they needed more blood," he said. But, there is a bigger picture. The blood drive aims to raise awareness around the need for people of color to ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The average life expectancy of a person with sickle cell is 54 years old. It affects more than 100,000 people in the U.S. Teresa ...

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.