The Latest Breaking News from Sickle Cell Disease

NHS says sickle cell is ‘fastest growing genetic condition in UK’ and demand for blood has jumped 67% in five years

‘More demand for care than ever before,’ health chiefs say

More donors are needed to treat patients with sickle cell disease.

Exclusive: Health chiefs hope findings will help to eradicate ‘often unacceptable, substandard’ care

Fewer than half of children in the United States with sickle cell disease get a needed screening for stroke, and only about half or fewer get a treatment that can help with pain and anemia.

A study of U.S. children with sickle cell disease found fewer than half get a needed screening for stroke, a common complication

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The blood disorder occurs among about one of every 365 Black births and one of every 16,300 Latino births, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Sickle cell disease affects approximately 15,000 people in the UK. But what is it and what are the early signs to spot in children?

As a child, Lea Kilenga was ostracised because of her sickle cell disease. Now she is a champion for others

Across 10 countries almost half those surveyed say they were treated like drug addicts and more than third believe their race influenced poor care

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Menarini Group and Radius Health’s (NASDAQ:RDUS), New Drug Application (NDA) for elacestrant for patients with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The agency has granted Priority Review designation and assigned a target action date of February 17, 2023. Radius Health…