A community demands accountability after one Chicago mother and her young children were viciously jumped by middle schoolers— ...

LOS ANGELES — Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventive care that could help them stay healthier longer, according to a ...

Darlaine and Dwight Carson say they both knew they carried the sickle cell trait but never imagined their daughter would have it. They were forced to make a scary yet lifesaving decision to sign off ...

Sickle cell is one of the inherited childhood illnesses, in an autosomal recessive manner. In sickle cell anaemia, red blood cells assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape, which become stiff and block ...

In 2019, less than half of children aged 2 to 16 years with sickle cell anemia received the recommended screening for stroke, a common complication of the disease. Few children with sickle cell anemia ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) was found to be common in children aged 17 years and younger who were hospitalized for sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia and acute kidney injury (AKI) were found to have ...

Paul Gakpo (second from the left) lives in Kentucky with his wife, Michelle (far right) and son, Louis. The family poses for a photo outside their home with Paul’s mother, Philomena, in May. One night ...

In 2019, less than half of children aged 2–16 years with sickle cell anemia received the recommended screening for stroke, a common complication of the disease, according to a new CDC Vital Signs ...

The Sickle Cell Squad is on the move. With microphone in hand, they are roaming Dell Children's Medical Center's central location asking staff members various wacky questions. What's your favorite ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment ...

If the gene therapy treatment is proven to be effective in curing the sickle cell disease, it will initially be made available to people with severe sickle cell disease, maybe with organ damage.