September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

Sickle cell disease can cause various eye-related complications, including retinopathy. If untreated, sickle cell retinopathy can cause permanent vision loss. Treatments include laser therapy and ...

After attending the first annual Global Sickle Cell Disease Congress in Accra, Ghana, in 2010, Obiageli Nnodu returned home to Nigeria with a deep resolve to combat the disease in her own country.

A team of Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a fort dating back millennia in Hosh Issa, uncovering artifacts including a ...

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

Tracy Katusiime, 22, a teacher from Wakiso District was born with sickle cell disorder. She says she takes at least two different types of medicines every day to manage the condition.

He has sickle cell disease, the group of inherited disorders that affect hemoglobin, which is a protein in the red blood cells that delivers oxygen to tissues in the body. For those with sickle ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the sword of Ramses II, one of Egypt’s most renowned pharaohs, during recent excavations in ...

The remains of a 3,200-year-old military barracks were recently unearthed in Egypt. The barracks contained a vast collection ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 3,200-year-old military barracks, filled with artifacts that offer new insights into ...

More than 3,000 years ago, a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of ... finding a shimmering bronze blade with the intricacies of an ornamental cartouche — the personal emblem used by ...