CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Health leaders in South Carolina are using Sickle Cell Awareness Month as an opportunity to expand outreach and resources for families affected by the disease. Sickle cell ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina is expanding its access to state-supported Sickle Cell programs for “warriors,” or patients battling the disease. The medical ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health is joining its partners in observing World Sickle Cell Day. June 19 is recognized as World Sickle Cell Day to raise awareness about this inherited ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Prisma Health has launched two new clinics in South Carolina to provide care for sickle cell patients. The new Sickle Cell Lifespan Center, funded in part by a $2 ...

Watching for early signs and symptoms of a sickle cell crisis allows columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye to initiate timely ...

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition, which means a person inherits it from their biological parents. The condition occurs when a person inherits two copies of the hemoglobin beta (HBB) gene ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Kalpna Gupta was in a ...