BOWLING GREEN, KY.- According to the CDC, about 90,000 non-Hispanic Black or African American people in the United States have sickle cell disease. Outside the U.S., the condition is more common in ...
Recent therapies like hydroxyurea (Droxia, Bristol-Myers Squibb), the first FDA-approved drug for SCD in 1994, increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which, through unknown pathways, improves SCD symptoms ...
September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...
Sickle cell anemia (HbSS) is the homozygous dominant variant and the most common and severe form of the disease. Whereas patients who only inherited one gene encoding for abnormal HbS and a different ...
Florida rapper Lil Poppa has died at 25. Fans are remembering him while talking openly about his battle with sickle cell ...
Rapper Lil Poppa or Janarious Mykel Wheeler died at 25 but a cause of death was not made known, sparking discussions among ...
National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and collaborators have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, known as having sickle cell trait, increases the risk of blood clots, a risk ...
Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up The presence of sickle cell trait among African Americans may ...
(Reuters Health) – African Americans with sickle cell trait - generally thought to be benign, unlike sickle cell disease - may still be at increased risk of kidney disease, a new study suggests. Based ...
Two Pee Dee siblings are officially cured of sickle cell disease after more than a decade of living with the genetic blood ...
Rapper Lil Poppa, 25, has died, with unverified suicide reports circulating. His death raises concerns due to his battle with sickle cell anemia, which he previously discussed. The cause of death ...
India: A recent multicenter study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research in September 2025 reports that the ...