Darlaine and Dwight Carson say they both knew they carried the sickle cell trait but never imagined their daughter would have it. They were forced to make a scary yet lifesaving decision to sign off ...

Blood transfusion therapy remains an indispensable intervention in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD), mitigating life‐threatening complications such as vaso‐occlusive crises and stroke. The ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Red Cross mission to prevent and relieve human suffering continues even when there's not an emergency, from installing smoke alarms to collecting blood donations, and being in a ...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — As September marks National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, a local man’s story highlights a critical need in the community — compatible blood donations. For more than ...

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. 10-year-old Saladin "Bam" Anderson is a sickle cell patient who held his second ...

Sherita Johnson, of Gary, said she’ll never forget receiving the call a week after her youngest child was born. With her other children, Johnson said she received a letter from the hospital stating ...

Blood transfusions are essential for patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, and traumatic injuries, but blood supply ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – For the more than ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood donors for sickle cell anemia patients. The booklet described ...