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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Let’s Get Back to School

by WI Guest Author September 8, 2021December 21, 2021

Virtual options should be for children with health conditions and who are at more risk of severe illness.

EDITORIAL: Advocacy Needed to Eradicate Sickle Cell Disease

by WI Guest Author September 5, 2018October 31, 2020

Caption: Dr. Kevin Williams of Pfizer leads a discussion on sickle cell disease at the National Newspaper Publishers Association's annual convention in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on June 23.

NNPA, Pfizer Partner to Fight Sickle Cell

by WI Guest Author June 28, 2017October 30, 2020

A biopharmaceutical company has submitted a new drug application requesting approval for a new sickle cell drug. (Courtesy photo)

New Sickle Cell Drug Application Submitted

by Stacy M. Brown September 21, 2016October 30, 2020

Benjamin Clark, who has sickle cell disease, has been hospitalized 156 times and undergone 84 blood transfusions. (Courtesy photo)

Hospitalized 156 Times, D.C. Man with Sickle Cell Comforted by Comedy

by Stacy M. Brown September 14, 2016October 30, 2020

Helping Sickle One Cell At A Time

by Washington Informer September 15, 2015October 30, 2020

Blood Transfusions Could Reduce Strokes in Kids With Sickle-Cell Anemia

by Washington Informer August 21, 2014October 30, 2020