Sickle Cell Awareness Month

With so much focus on the COVID pandemic, there’s a tendency to forget that thre are other diseases, other healthissues that have been lost in the headlines.  September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. We’re talking about how COVID is impacting it as well as the latest information regarding treatment.

Resources:

Center for Sickle Cell Disease at Howard University Hospital

Dr. James G. Taylor, VI, MD, Director, Center for Sickle Cell Disease at Howard University Hospital

Shanetta Richardson, Advocate for Sickle Cell Patients