Medicaid has a new way to pay for costly sickle cell treatment: Only if it works

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

Long Island patient gets breakthrough sickle cell treatment called a ‘cure’: ‘I’m not in pain anymore’

He’s got new blood. A Long Island hospital said it administered life-changing Lyfgenia gene therapy treatment and successfully wiped away sickle cell disease from a Laurelton man. Cohen Children’s ...
Healio

GLP-1s may reduce all-cause mortality, adverse events in sickle cell disease

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

Nebraska Community Blood Bank hosts blood drive to support those with sickle cell disease

TERRIBLE. NEBRASKA ADVOCATES URGE PEOPLE TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES TO SUPPORT SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH. THE RED BLOOD CELL DISORDER AFFECTS 8 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. PATIENTS REQUIRE REGULAR BLOOD ...
Hosted on MSN

Sickle cell disease: What you need to know about SCD

Although sickle cell disease (SCD) is not as widespread in the Philippines compared to other populations, it is still worth knowing what this disease is all about, especially as we observe World ...
Monitor

The fate of school children living with sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease (SCD) remains one of Uganda’s most silent epidemics, affecting thousands of children across the country, ...