Insight A rural Ugandan community is a hot spot for sickle cell disease. But one patient gives hope Posted onMay 12, 2024 There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood 2972589
Insight Cost of living crisis: Sickle cell families staying in bed for warmth Posted onJanuary 1, 2023 Charity Oscar Birmingham says the cold leads to painful sickle cell flare-ups and hospital stays. 1192257
Insight Sickle cell: Black donors urged to give blood to help treat patients Posted onOctober 6, 2022 Demand is at record levels for blood to help people with the disease that mostly affects black people. 3218613
Insight Sickle cell disease: black donors urged to give blood as demand from patients soars Posted onOctober 6, 2022 NHS says sickle cell is ‘fastest growing genetic condition in UK’ and demand for blood has jumped 67% in five years The NHS is facing … 786558
Insight Record number of Black blood donors needed to treat sickle cell disease, NHS says Posted onOctober 5, 2022 ‘More demand for care than ever before,’ health chiefs say 2944479
Insight Voices: My wife is a sickle cell carrier – she was ready to end things after the second date if I was too Posted onSeptember 30, 2022 Nothing put the brakes on like the text that followed a few days after I met her for the second time 274272
Insight World Sickle Cell Day: NHS rolls out new treatment amid first national campaign launch Posted onJune 19, 2022 The announcement comes after the NHS unveiled the first new treatment for the disease in 20 years 10723263
Insight British man killed in ‘sickle’ attack in Thailand Posted onJanuary 23, 2022 Man has been arrested in connection with incident, police say 3055614
Insight Briton killed and another injured in ‘sickle’ attack in Thailand Posted onJanuary 23, 2022 Marcus Evans named as victim and second man taken to hospital following incident in Kanchanaburi A British man who died in Thailand is believed to … 10317424
Insight Sickle cell disease inquiry finds ‘serious care failings’ in NHS Posted onNovember 15, 2021 Report by cross-party MPs also finds evidence of attitudes underpinned by racism A groundbreaking inquiry into sickle cell disease has found “serious care failings” in … 7153731