Tarrant County has amended its autopsy report for jail inmate Robert Miller to back its findings that his 2019 in-custody death was a result of overexertion leading to a sickle cell crisis, which ...

About 100,000 Americans have sickle cell disease (SCD), the most common inherited blood disorder in the US. Roughly 10% of ...

The sudden death of 16-year-old Central Dauphin student Justin Johnson after being chased by other students from his school could have been connected to the boy’s sickle cell disease, according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sickle cell trait has no association with mortality from physical exertion or heat-related injuries without ...

EVANSVILLE — One day after the coroner's office attributed a Vanderburgh County deputy's training death to "exertional sickling" and sickle cell trait, Sheriff Noah Robinson announced his office would ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Alvin Henry was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia at the age of 2 after appointments with doctors and testing. “My mother noticed my behavior changing when I was about 2.

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.

"We've changed a chronic disease into a curative disease," Dr. Mitchell Cairo of Westchester Medical Center said. Hanif Mouehla wants to become a hematologist. Some 90% of patients in the Phase I ...

UC Berkeley football player Ted Agu, in image released by Cal. Last Feb. 7, Cal football player Ted Agu collapsed and died following an off-season training drill. A walk-on defensive player who had ...

A campaigner whose friend died with sickle cell disease wants to raise awareness of the condition for those with black heritage. Peace Adetoro has been advocating for greater understanding of the ...