Sickle Cell Anemia

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December 15, 2023
Gautam Dongre’s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns…
September 11, 2023
The American Red Cross is in dire need of Black donors as the nation's blood supply has decreased at least…
September 22, 2022
The study found less than half get the screening and only about half or fewer get treatment that can help…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene thegrio.com
May 18, 2021
Dr. Leah Wright Rigueur joined the What’s In It For Us podcast to talk the historical precedents shaping some of…
bone marrow transplant thegrio
April 13, 2019
Bone marrow transplants as the only cure for sickle cell disease, achieving success in 95 percent of all cases, doctors…
December 12, 2018
Cory Booker and Tim Scott, on either side of the political aisle, help fight sickle cell, the blood disorder that…
Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins thegrio.com
September 29, 2018
T-Boz explains her journey with sickle cell disease and how it led her to becoming the new co-chair of the…
August 5, 2016
Shakira Martin, the former Miss Jamaica Universe, has died at age 30...
June 12, 2014
VIDEO - A Detroit, Michigan high school graduate who spent most of her student career on a motorized scooter walked…
June 12, 2014
OPINION - The Valerie Fund, a non-profit organization based in New Jersey, provides comprehensive health care services to children with…
August 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Colorado Republican State Senator Vicki Marble is being criticized for her recent remarks on the health issues…
March 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - After more than three decades of studying life-threatening sickle cell disease, the most prevalent of all hereditary…
October 29, 2012
NBC News - Tamiko Brooks tenses as she recalls an emergency room visit two weeks ago with her 14-year-old daughter,…
October 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Janiya Penny was granted her wish of meeting President Obama this year and the photograph of the…
September 27, 2012
If you or a loved one is living with sickle cell anemia, in what ways have you changed your lifestyle…