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Sickle Cell Disease Getting the Support it Needs

Staff Writer - August 25, 2021

Shera Strange, Contributing Writer August 23, 2021 Sickle Cell Disease or Sickle Cell Anemia is not talked about as much as...

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How a Clinical Trial Participant Became an Advocate for the Sickle Cell Community

Contributor - May 20, 2020

Shauna Whisenton was once an individual living with sickle cell disease (SCD). Now she’s an advocate for better therapies, a cure, and better understanding...

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World Sickle Cell Day will heighten awareness about disease

Keith A. Owens - June 10, 2016

World Sickle Cell Day is June 19, 2016 to advocate, educate and heighten awareness about sickle cell disease, its effect on those living with...

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Sickle Cell Anemia on Rise in Newborns Worldwide

Editor - September 2, 2013

Sickle cell anemia is increasing worldwide, and more than 400,000 babies will be born with the hereditary blood disorder in 2050, according to...

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Sickle Cell: Why Blacks Need To Be More Aware

Harley Wright - September 25, 2012

Sickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disorder affecting people of all races, not just African Americans....

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