COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nearly one year after the death of a Missouri football player who had the sickle cell trait, college medical officials are considering whether to require preseason tests for the blood ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- For years, sickle cell disease, which affects red blood cells with many complications and primarily impacts the African-American community, was known as the forgotten disease. While ...

$3 million federal grant awarded to Hemex Health to develop first point-of-care sickle cell testing device for U.S. market; technology developed by CWRU engineer A private company’s effort to bring ...

U.S. colleges and universities for the first time are requiring top student athletes to submit to testing for the gene for sickle cell anemia, a mandate aimed at preventing sudden deaths of promising ...

Dale Lloyd was a promising Rice football player who had shined at Lamar High. Three years ago, the freshman collapsed at a workout and died. His family sued the university and Rice; a settlement was ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder that remains under-treated. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Joy Watitwa's ill health started when only four months old. She has fought sickle cell disease for 37 years now, and although in pain for most of her life, Watitwa has tried not to let the disease ...

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don't know it -- even though almost every newborn today is tested for what's called "sickle cell trait," and ...

Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa's spouse Prof Janet Kasilly (left) with Dr Dorothy Nyong'o and wife of Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong'o during the launch of sickle cell awareness month at Butere ACK ...