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Department of Development Studies, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 65001,…

Clinician bias toward people with sickle cell disease (SCD) may be tied to stigma around opioid use, rather than race or chronic pain alone, a new study suggests.“…

In season 1, episode 2 of the popular show The Pitt, a Black woman with sickle cell disease arrives at the emergency department in acute pain, only to be initially…

Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), the most common and severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD), show signs of altered development in specific regions of the…

The Focus on Sickle Cell (FoSCel) Foundation has announced that the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi will host…

A major step forward for sickle cell care in Georgia is now awaiting the governor's signature.On the final day of the 2026 legislative session, lawmakers passed…

Ngoe Samuel BakiaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon.Chetcha Bernard…

A group of advocates, caregivers and people with sickle cell anemia walk into the Georgia Capitol to share their stories about sickle cell in March 2026.

On December 17, 2024, a quiet but seismic shift happened in a hospital on Long Island. A 21-year-old Black man named Sebastien Beauzile, who had spent most of his…

A historic medical milestone has been reached in the fight against Sickle Cell Disease. Doctors in New York have successfully cured patients using a revolutionary…