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Everyone Can Help: Blood Donation Saves Lives

September 24, 2022

By LaKeshia N. Myers September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Every September, people living with sickle cell disease, their caregivers, advocates, healthcare providers, and others come … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Blood Donors Needed, LaKeshia N. Myers, Sickle Cell Disease

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Sickle Cell Anemia: A Clarion Call

September 11, 2021

By LaKeshia N. Myers As a teenager in the 1990s, life was good. I had no real responsibilities and a friend group rivaled by the (middle school) masses, and to top it off, we had the perfect … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaKeshia N. Myers, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Disease

Ald. Ashanti Hamilton Kicks Off Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin Sickle Cell Saturday’s

August 21, 2020

By Karen Stokes Ald. Ashanti Hamilton knows first-hand how sickle cell disease can affect a family. Hamilton’s sister, Jamera passed away from sickle cell Disease at the age of 7, he was 14 at … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ashanti Hamilton, Donating Blood, Jamera Hamilton, Karen Stokes, Sickle Cell Disease, Versiti

The Need For Blood Donations From People Of Color

October 26, 2019

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Elodia Ontala Babongui, 29, had a stroke a couple years ago. Since then, she’s received chronic blood exchanges every five weeks. Getting a stroke at a young age may not … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Blood Donors Needed, Elodia Ontala Babongui, Sickle Cell Disease, Versiti

Milwaukee Woman Living with Sickle Cell says Every Day is a Question Mark

September 28, 2019

By Karen Stokes Elodie Ontala Babongui is a beautiful, educated woman that has a great job and is engaged to be married next year. The day I met her she was full of energy. That was a good day. … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Elodie Ontala Babongui, Evelyn Islam, Matt Karafin, Melissa Nicole Goins, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Strong: Sickle Cell Disease Advocate Marie Ojiambo

August 10, 2019

By Lauren Poteat NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent It’s been more than 100 years since sickle cell disease was first discovered in America. Today, the rare hereditary blood disorder … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Lauren Poteat, Marie Ojiambo, Sickle Cell Disease

Ask Dr. Kevin: Out with the Old, In with a New Understanding to Improve SCD Care

August 25, 2018

By Dr. Kevin Williams (Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Rare Disease Unit) The “Ask Dr. Kevin” series is brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ask Dr. Kevin, Dr. Kevin Williams, Pfizer, Sickle Cell Disease

Patients, Health Professionals Observe World Sickle Cell Day

June 23, 2018

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) It’s been 100 years since sickle cell disease (SCD), a hereditary blood disorder, was first discovered. And, according to health experts, it’s … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Biree Andemariam, KC Morse, Sickle Cell Disease, Stacy M. Brown

Ask Dr. Kevin: Understanding Clinical Trials and Sickle Cell Disease in the Black Community

December 16, 2017

By Dr. Kevin Williams (Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Rare Disease Unit) This article is the third installment in the “Ask Dr. Kevin” series, brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Clinical Trials, Dr. Kevin Williams, Sickle Cell Disease

Ask Dr. Kevin: Debunking the Myths Around Sickle Cell Disease

November 18, 2017

By Dr. Kevin Williams (Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Rare Disease Unit) This article is the second installment in the “Ask Dr. Kevin” series, brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dr. Kevin Williams, Sickle Cell Disease

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