Orville Johnson said he wanted Justin, 16, to try to have a "normal life" despite his sickle cell disease, but now he has to ...

The blood disorder that mostly affects people of color is under-researched. A sickle cell disease center is leading the way in treatment with a new, innovative approach to caring for those with ...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) can generally be perceived as a distant health issue, discussed mostly through statistics or ...

Families in Philadelphia with sickle cell disease are hopeful and advocate for a cure 02:14. Three-year-old Kaliph Eubanks is full of happy energy playing at the park in the Germantown section of ...

Evelyn Quartey carries the sickle cell trait, as did her ex-husband and first son, Emmanuel, who passed away from Sickle Cell Disease in 2009 at 7. Her younger son Gerald had been diagnosed with ...

Sickle cell disease patients are dependent on transfusions of healthy red blood cells – over time this causes complications of its own. Until recently, ...