COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nearly one year after the death of a Missouri football player who had the sickle cell trait, college medical officials are considering whether to require preseason tests for the blood ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder that remains under-treated. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

U.S. colleges and universities for the first time are requiring top student athletes to submit to testing for the gene for sickle cell anemia, a mandate aimed at preventing sudden deaths of promising ...

Joy Watitwa's ill health started when only four months old. She has fought sickle cell disease for 37 years now, and although in pain for most of her life, Watitwa has tried not to let the disease ...

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don't know it -- even though almost every newborn today is tested for what's called "sickle cell trait," and ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- For years, sickle cell disease, which affects red blood cells with many complications and primarily impacts the African-American community, was known as the forgotten disease. While ...

As the world observed the World Sickle Cell Day, SCD survivor Tawo Obassi-Onor, who lost her brother to the disease, has urged the Federal Government to urgently mandate genotype counselling and ...

The U.S. government will test whether centrally coordinating insurance coverage can help people with sickle cell disease access expensive new gene therapies for the inherited blood condition. Two such ...

Private healthcare provider AAR Hospital on Thursday announced a significant subsidy on critical sickle cell screening tests and free preventative medication, marking World Sickle Cell Day with an ...