HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Sickle cell anemia is a disease that occurs among about one out of every 365 Black or African-American births. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control, which has ...

To prepare for her first time donating blood, Carmen Smith ate two sausage McGriddles from McDonald's. "I wanted to be spontaneous," Smith said about donating blood. "I wanted to try it, and I never ...

The 33rd annual walkathon for the Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell anemia Foundation is scheduled for this Saturday at the ...

The Saddle Up for Sickle Cell Foundation is holding its annual Ride with a Purpose event on Friday and Saturday, April 18-19.There'll be musical entertainment and a DJ on both nights. All day Saturday ...

Andrea Matthews poses with her son Jonathan Matthews. She started the foundation because her son lives with sickle cell disease. Michelle Parr's sickle cell disease went undiagnosed for 25 years. Her ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Fort Wayne nonprofit will host a blood drive Saturday with the hopes of highlighting Sickle Cell Awareness Month as September comes to a close. The Timothy Lymon Sickle ...

BEAUFORT, Ga. (WTOC) - Dream Chasers Sickle Cell Foundation mission has been to provide community support and financial assistance with Sickle Cell Anemia Emergency services. You can help support ...

GEORGIA (WRBL) — Citizens of Georgia can sign up for the 45th annual Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia’s 5K road race and walk coming this fall. The race is scheduled to be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 ...

Jay Mormon and Lonnika Robinson with the NELA Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation joined Good Morning ArkLaMiss to talk about their ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — People living with sickle cell disease say the severe pain is unpredictable, exhausting, and too often dismissed. And for many in Hampton Roads, the Suffolk Sickle Cell Foundation has ...

ATLANTA and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, 23andMe Holding Co. (ME), a leading human genetics and biopharmaceutical company, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), ...

The National Director of the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN), Dr. Annette Akinsete, has said despite advancements in the treatment of sickle cell disease, not every patient requires a bone ...