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Damaris Muga noticed the swelling first. Her son was around six months old. The swelling had settled into his joints and his legs, and none of it made sense. He had…

When Gabrielle Carter was two-and-a-half months old, her mother Debbie got terrible news. Gabrielle had sickle cell.That began a seven-year relationship with the…

Imagine spending a childhood being hospitalized between six and 12 times a year, every year. This was the reality for now 23-year-old Daniel Cressy, who was born…

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — It’s a phrase constantly repeated by blood banks: donate blood and save up to three lives.But for Malik Waldon, he’s living proof that…

For some superheroes, invisibility is a superpower. But for Lorin, a “superwoman” single mom of three, one of her powers is making an often “invisible” disease…

Daniel Cressy spent the first 23 years of his life in and out of hospitals — sometimes six to twelve times a year during his worst periods. He had a dream to become…

The first time D’Yana heard of sickle cell disease, she was pregnant with her first child, a daughter she would name Ari’Yanna. During routine blood tests, her…

Since before she could remember, sickle cell disease has been the silent scene partner that follows McKenzie—a 22-year-old-actress and recent Spelman College…

“Why do you have to write about your health on social media?”My brother asked me that question many years ago in our family WhatsApp group after I started openly…

"It's hard for people to understand that actually I live with this, I'm not dying from it, but I can't do the same things as you can."Rita Ramos has blood…