Sickle Cell Awareness Month

Sickle Cell and COVID-19

A disease disproportionately impacting African Americans is getting new attention under the coronavirus pandemic.  This is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month.  We look at the increased risk of having the disease under the COVID-19 pandemic and the new hope for treatment.

Nicole Williams-Militsits, Advisory Board Member, The Howard University Center For Sickle Cell Disease. (not pictured)

Dr. James Taylor, VI, MD., Director, Center for Sicle Cell Disease, Howard University