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Get the Answers to These Frequently Asked Sickle Cell Disease Questions

Published on Wed Nov 26, 2025

Here’s how to handle reporting SCD crises. Sickle cell disease (SCD) “affects more than 100,000 people in the United States and 8 million people worldwide. In the United States, 9 of 10 people who have sickle cell disease are of African ancestry or identify as Black,” according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). That’s reason enough [...]
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