Florida rapper Lil Poppa has died at 25. Fans are remembering him while talking openly about his battle with sickle cell ...

Recent therapies like hydroxyurea (Droxia, Bristol-Myers Squibb), the first FDA-approved drug for SCD in 1994, increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which, through unknown pathways, improves SCD symptoms ...

The first gene therapies approved to treat sickle cell disease in December 2023 are struggling on the market. But there are ...

Rapper Lil Poppa or Janarious Mykel Wheeler died at 25 but a cause of death was not made known, sparking discussions among fans.

The hip-hop community mourns the loss of Lil Poppa, a rising star known for his authentic 'pain rap' who passed away at 25. Speculation surrounds his death, with fans revisiting his final posts and ...

Lil Poppa was pronounced dead on Wednesday (local time) at 11.23 am ET, as per TMZ, which cited the Fulton County Medical ...

BOWLING GREEN, KY.- According to the CDC, about 90,000 non-Hispanic Black or African American people in the United States have sickle cell disease. Outside the U.S., the condition is more common in ...

Sickle cell anemia (HbSS) is the homozygous dominant variant and the most common and severe form of the disease. Whereas patients who only inherited one gene encoding for abnormal HbS and a different ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Ensuring no one fights alone. The Carilion Clinic Sickle Cell Collaborative is holding a walk to honor sickle cell patients and their caregivers on Saturday. Sickle cell disease is a ...

LOS ANGELES — Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventive care that could help them stay healthier longer, according to a ...

Away from the limelight, a community-led hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district has been screening the region’s tribal ...