TEXAS (FOX 44) – The genetic mutation is found in 1 and 365 African Americans and effects over 100,000 Americans each year. Sickle Cell Anemia Disease causes the blood cells to be misshapen and create ...

NURSES AND DOCTORS HERE HELP TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. 1, 2, 3. LISA: 2.5 WEEKS AGO, NASIR STRIGGS COULD NOT PLAY LIKE THIS WITH HIS BROTHER. THE SICKLE-CELL PATIENT WAS DOWN AND OUT WITH CORONAVIRUS.

“It saddens me that when I tell people I have sickle cell the most common reply is ‘what is that?’” sickle cell advocate Shamonica Wiggins shares with theGrio. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of ...

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. 10-year-old Saladin "Bam" Anderson is a sickle cell patient who held his second ...

Medical history has recently been made in a New York City hospital. This month, 21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile became the first man in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia, a genetic ...