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Thirty-three states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico will participate in CMS’ voluntary Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) ...
The WHO releases its first global guideline on managing sickle cell disease during pregnancy, addressing critical health challenges for mothers and babies. Learn more.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first-ever global guideline on the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) during pregnancy, addressing a critical and growing health ...
The team responsible for updating the CDC’s “contraception bible,” which advises doctors on birth control safety, was disbanded.
Without the Sickle Cell Data Collection program, we will see greater burdens and higher costs for both families and health care systems.
Despite some recent setbacks to its sickle cell disease pipeline, Pfizer is plowing ahead in improving education around the disease.
Preclinical findings show the drug reduces vaso-occlusion, markers of inflammation and adhesion in transgenic mice with sickle cell disease.
Houston State Representative Lauren Ashley Simmons is a freshman representative, but is leading the push to implement a sickle cell registry in Texas.
The Coalition of Sickle Cell Non-Governmental Organisations (CSCN) has called for intensified efforts to eradicate sickle cell disorder (SCD) in Nigeria. The appeal was made during the ...
A recent Vanderbilt study has found a cure for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins, which often leads to pain, anemia and other issues.
A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say.