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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- While much focus has been placed on preventing sports injuries and the importance of hydration, especially here in Texas, student athletes with the sickle cell trait must take ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and millions of people worldwide are living with the disease. But advances in ...

Amin, a pediatric hematology and oncology expert at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, which is one of four comprehensive sickle cell centers in the state.

US LIVE WITH MORE ON THAT. GOOD EVENING MEREDITH AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS A BLOOD DISORDER THAT AFFECTS THE BODY’S RED BLOOD CELLS. AND THOSE ARE THE CELLS THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CARRY OXYGEN.

At birth, Tenecia Smith was diagnosed with a blood disorder. “I was in and out of the hospital at just two months old until currently right now. It was a lot of weekly treatments, sometimes months,” ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that affects over 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, of that number, the Centers for ...

Commission President Erica Bryant, wearing red for Sickle Cell Awareness Month, tearfully read a letter from her son, ...

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Sickle cell trait (SCT) and pregnancy each exacerbate the symptoms of COVID-19. As a result, pregnant individuals with SCT may have a higher risk of COVID-19 infection. An estimated 300 million people ...

In recognition of Sickle Cell Awareness Month, 7 Circle of Kindness and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive ...

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.