The Trump administration is aiming to change that with a new program within Medicaid, the federal-state insurer for low-income people that covers about half of the 100,000 people in the U.S. with ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s first medicine based on CRISPR gene-editing technology, a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease that delivers a potential cure for ...

CRISPR gene therapy Casgevy can nearly eliminate sickle cell crises, but difficult stem‑cell collection is delaying access ...

The first gene therapies approved to treat sickle cell disease in December 2023 are struggling on the market. But there are glimpses of forward momentum as Vertex and Genetix Bio provide updates.

At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, for the longest time, that she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle ...

This video is no longer available. It is described as intense pain shooting throughout your body and has had a history of misdiagnosis and complications as patients are constantly traveling to ...

“It can hit you out of nowhere,” she tells TODAY.com.

Sebastien Beauzile’s recently announced cure from sickle cell disease brings hope to thousands of mostly Black Americans who ...

Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting friends. It was a contrast to how Cole, 18, spent part of the 2024 holiday ...

After spending a year living within the walls of Boston Children's Hospital fighting sickle cell disease, Jayden Wilsey, 15, finally emerged on Sept. 15 — free from the pain associated with the ...