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Sickle Cell Anemia: A Clarion Call

September 11, 2021

By LaKeshia N. Myers As a teenager in the 1990s, life was good. I had no real responsibilities and a friend group rivaled by the (middle school) masses, and to top it off, we had the perfect soundtrack to narrate our young lives, TLC. The trio of Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopez and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaKeshia N. Myers, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Disease

The Need For Blood Donations From People Of Color

October 26, 2019

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Elodia Ontala Babongui, 29, had a stroke a couple years ago. Since then, she’s received chronic blood exchanges every five weeks. Getting a stroke at a young age may not seem that common, but for patients living with sickle cell disease, it’s just one of the many symptoms they have to deal […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Blood Donors Needed, Elodia Ontala Babongui, Sickle Cell Disease, Versiti

Milwaukee Woman Living with Sickle Cell says Every Day is a Question Mark

September 28, 2019

By Karen Stokes Elodie Ontala Babongui is a beautiful, educated woman that has a great job and is engaged to be married next year. The day I met her she was full of energy. That was a good day. Unfortunately, every day is a question mark concerning her health, living with sickle cell disease. “I […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Elodie Ontala Babongui, Evelyn Islam, Karen Stokes, Matt Karafin, Melissa Nicole Goins, Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Trait

Ask Dr. Kevin: Out with the Old, In with a New Understanding to Improve SCD Care

August 25, 2018

By Dr. Kevin Williams (Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Rare Disease Unit) The “Ask Dr. Kevin” series is brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) to increase understanding of sickle cell disease. With National Sickle Cell Awareness Month just next month, I’ve been thinking a lot about […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ask Dr. Kevin, Dr. Kevin Williams, Pfizer, Sickle Cell Disease

Patients, Health Professionals Observe World Sickle Cell Day

June 23, 2018

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) It’s been 100 years since sickle cell disease (SCD), a hereditary blood disorder, was first discovered. And, according to health experts, it’s no secret that an alarming number of children and adolescence have died, and the condition remained in the province of pediatrics. Known as “the silent killer,” […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Biree Andemariam, KC Morse, Sickle Cell Disease, Stacy M. Brown

Ask Dr. Kevin: Understanding Clinical Trials and Sickle Cell Disease in the Black Community

December 16, 2017

By Dr. Kevin Williams (Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Rare Disease Unit) This article is the third installment in the “Ask Dr. Kevin” series, brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) to increase understanding of sickle cell disease. Clinical trials are critical to bringing new medicines to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Clinical Trials, Dr. Kevin Williams, Sickle Cell Disease

Pfizer Officials Call For Blacks to Participate in Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Trials

June 17, 2016

By Joan H. Allen NNPA News Wire Contributor June 19, 2016 marks World Sickle Cell Day. In a desire to help create a greater awareness of sickle cell disease (SCD) and increase their efforts to find a cure, Pfizer invited members of the Black Press to meet and discuss with key members of their rare […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Clinical Trials, Joan H. Allen, Pfizer, Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Trait





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