The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), despite the ...

For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved ...

Gene therapy technology offers enormous hope for thousands of people battling sickle cell amenia in part because of the Black Panther Party’s grassroots efforts decades ago.

Protassova, E.Y. 2022. The Image of a Modern Child in the Psychological and Pedagogical Approaches toward Education and Upbringing of Preschool Children. Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, Vol. 11, ...

Children with sickle cell anemia might receive penicillin between the ages of about 2 months old until at least age 5. Doing so helps prevent infections, such as pneumonia, which can be ...

Filmmaker Joel Gilbert interviewed Cheree Peoples, a mother prosecuted by Kamala Harris over her daughter's school truancy. As Attorney General of California, Harris led a crackdown on school ...

UNICEF’s new funding mechanism supports government-led initiatives to treat and end malnutrition and wasting in women and ...

In Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, many households have limited access to nutrient-rich foods due to ...

In the meantime current gene therapies remain expensive and challenging to scale up because each patient’s batch of cells has ...

Increased funding and new public health policies for sickle cell research are needed to ease the burden on low-income nations ...

Ensuring the world’s children have enough nutritious food is critical for economic and social success, says Gates.