Under the agreement, participating states will receive “discounts and rebates” from the drugmakers if the treatments don’t ...

A year ago, NBC News joined Wedam Minyila as he began undergoing a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease. The ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

After 35 years of consistent pain, Allan Byamukama became one of the few individuals in the world cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy. Born in Uganda and diagnosed with sickle cell ...

Three-year-old Kaliph Eubanks is full of happy energy playing at the park in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. He also has sickle cell disease. Thursday marked World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, ...

Regulators on Friday approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the United States.

Hoosiers from across the state will gather at the Indiana State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 2, to call attention to the urgent ...

GLP-1 receptor agonist use appeared linked to significantly reduced all-cause mortality among people with sickle cell disease ...

NHS Scotland has approved a one-time CRISPR gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease, offering durable reduction in vaso-occlusive crises for eligible patients.

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

The machine, which performs automated red blood cell exchange, is expected to significantly improve the quality of life for sickle cell patients in Kisumu - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | ...

Africa accounts for the majority of global births affected by the condition, yet universal newborn screening remains rare.