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 process has included having his stem cells removed for a revolutionary gene ...

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

Even the name sounds horrible − sickle cell disease − conjuring up images of menacing hooks, only these hooks are slicing through the bloodstream of an estimated 100,000 Americans, mostly Black ...

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

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.

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

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, ...

A new gene therapy for people who can have a stem cell transplant but do not have a suitable donor has been approved.

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

Large European cohort data suggest hydroxyurea pregnancy exposure in sickle cell disease is not linked to congenital malformations, supporting nuanced clinical decision-making.

The Ministry of Health says the goal is to transition Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) care from emergency response to consistent, ...