Thirty-five states have agreed to participate in a federal pilot program aimed at helping Medicaid patients access costly ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces sickle-cell treatment program in Charleston while assuring SC Sen. Tim Scott that federal ...

Eneles Zhou’s five children have sickle cell disease. Her daily routine is a fight against pain, infection and a broken ...

Martin Mwita, 20, is the first patient in St. Louis and among the first across the country to receive a new gene therapy for ...

Martin Mwita and his mother Jacinta Mwita, both of Omaha, Neb., speak about his journey living with sickle cell anemia and ...

Source: Childhood on the Brink in Zimbabwe’s Midlands By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe This story was originally ...

Lila is a Science Writer at BioNews. She completed her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Washington, where she studied ...

The proposal, if approved, aims to address the persistent issue of timely blood availability in remote areas, especially for ...

Jacianna Muldrow, 7, of Toms River, a pediatric patient at The Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, part of the Children’s Health network of RWJBarnabas Health, was recognized as ...

A recent finding showed how hydroxyurea, a popular chemotherapy oral drug can help kids with sickle cell disease.

Columnist Mary Shaniqua offers examples of some symptoms of sickle cell that are lesser known than fatigue and a ...

“Our results reinforce that hydroxyurea, the most efficacious medicine available for sickle cell disease, continues to have ...