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Mar 17, 2026
Carmani Boozer is more than just the son of a former NBA All-Star — his life story represents one of the most remarkable intersections of family, medical science,…
Colleen Kelly, Attending Physician and Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital, shared a post on LinkedIn…
Each summer, MedCamps of Louisiana welcomes hundreds of children living with chronic illnesses and disabilities to Camp Alabama in Choudrant, where they discover…
One of the hardest things about growing up with sickle cell disease wasn’t the pain. It was the limitations — not just those imposed by the condition itself, but…
What began as a season of devastating complications, uncertainty, and hopelessness unexpectedly became the pathway to purpose and career diversification for me.…
How could I have been through the first trimester without realizing it?Years ago, I mistook a pulmonary embolism for what I thought was a minor sickle cell disease…
How did the diagnosis come about? Initial signs/symptoms? When did you notice the initial symptoms?The initial symptoms were pain in the hands, rise in bilirubin…
For Akuku Danger, the decision was not born out of a dislike for children. In fact, he says he loves them. It was a deeply personal choice informed by a lifetime of…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — For nearly his entire life, 17-year-old Eric Macklin has lived with the most severe form of sickle cell disease.His mother, Ereka Persley…
A Louisiana man has become the first person in the state to be declared functionally cured of sickle cell disease after receiving the gene-editing therapy Casgevy,…