Tag: hematopathology

FDA Approves Sickle Cell Treatment, But Will Things Actually Change For Black Patients?

Kevin Wake, 54, of Kansas City, has sickle cell disease. Every six weeks he receives blood transfusions that help alleviate the pain. Here he receives a transfusion at the Sickle Cell Center at University Health. The wide, horizontal bag contains Wake's blood, which will be discardedPhoto: Tammy Ljungblad (Getty Images) The Food and Drug Administration […]

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A New Sickle Cell Cure Could Be A Game Changer For Many Black Americans

Kevin Wake wears a sickle cell awareness bracelet. He has been treated in hospital emergency rooms as if he were a drug abuser. "I think that lack of education and training in treating sickle cell patients leads to a lot of bias in the medical community and also a lack of appropriate treatment and care […]

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