Sickle Cell Disease

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The United States’ lengthy medical history of malpractice and discrimination against Black women is a profound and widely-known truth in our ... Read More

Thousands of people in the United States have been diagnosed with the blood disorder, sickle cell disease. Making matters worse, the average ... Read More

Combating a chronic disease can be challenging, especially when we don’t have the tools to combat it. Unfortunately, sickle cell disease ... Read More

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a series of genetic blood abnormalities. Due to hemoglobin damage, your red blood cells (RBCs) lose their ... Read More