The Latest Breaking News from Sickle Cell Disease

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kevin Wake has suffered three strokes. He is only 54. The first one taught him how humiliating an emergency room visit can be for Black people living with the blood disorder sickle cell disease.

Hundreds of experts from around the world gathered at the Francis Crick Institute in London this week for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing.

Brits suffering from sickle cell are suffering such sub-standard treatment in NHS hospitals that they are resisting going in for help despite suffering debilitating pain, a report has claimed

London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to donate blood, to boost supplies for lifesaving treatments.Mr Khan gave blood himself at City Hall on Tuesday morning in a bid to set to an example for BAME people, who come forward to donate in disproportionately…

NHS accused of providing ‘substandard’ care after study says people have poor hospital experiences that can cause harm

(This Dec.13 story has been corrected to remove reference to Sanofi in the fifth paragraph)

Teonna Woolford has always wanted six kids. Why six?

Ara Emile has claimed that she is "lucky to still be alive" after her two-week-long stay at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex where she was receiving treatment for Sickle Cell disease

Sickle cell disease sufferers face a lifetime filled with episodes of excruciating pain. But they tell Nadine White and Thomas Kingsley a new treatment has given them fresh hope

Siliana Coelho, who says the pain she can experience is like being repeatedly hit by a hammer, calls for black blood donors to help save her life as NHS Blood and Transplant estimate that 40,000 new black-heritage donors are needed

Social worker Stephanie Danso wants to raise awareness about sickle cell anaemia, a disease that occurs predominantly in people of African and African-Caribbean origin