Sickle cell anemia (SCA) remains a critical global health challenge, disproportionately affecting sub-Saharan Africa, India, ...

Many children with sickle cell anemia do not receive guideline-concordant preventive care to reduce their risks for serious infections or stroke, according to research conducted at Children’s ...

About 100,000 people in the United States have sickle cell anemia, including approximately 1 out of every 400 African-Americans and about 1 in 19,000 Latinos.

Children with sickle cell anemia need better preventive care, says CHLA study An image of sickle cell anemia is seen on a blood smear. (Image by Ed Uthman reproduced under the CC BY 2.0 license) ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) in infants is a genetic blood disorder. Early identification, appropriate treatment, and regular monitoring can help infants with SCA.

The report found in 2019, less than half of kids with sickle cell ages 2 to 9 were getting stroke screenings, and by the time they were 10 to 16 years of age that number dropped to just 38 percent.

The study included 4,302 youths with sickle cell anemia (2,236 males; 2,929 non-Hispanic Black) aged 1 to 17 years enrolled in the Medicaid programs for at least 1 year, for a total of 12,565 ...

Sickle cell disease is a group of disorders that pass from parents to children in their genes.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629779d3b03-fbf8-48b8-a531-45f61fffa2d2 The most serious form of ...

Acute kidney injury is more common in hospitalized children with sickle cell anaemia in Africa. Acta Paediatr. Published online November 3, 2023. doi:10.1111/apa.17025 ...

"Our investigation provides powerful justifications for hydroxyurea's use in children with sickle cell anemia in Africa," said Dr. Chandy John, the Ryan White Professor of Pediatrics at IU School ...

Rebecca Okoyo, the mother of Talia Chloe, said that her daughter is now at the Gertrudes Hospital after getting a blood clot, ...