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Read the full storyTell us Your Experience of how Newborn Screening Results for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia were Communicated
Help improve the sickle cell screening programme by joining our online focus group and receive a gift voucher as a thank you. We are looking for people who have sickle cell or trait and have not yet…
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Read the full storyCovid: Why are UK cases so high?
Thanks to the vaccine, a case of Covid is much less likely to land you in hospital. But soaring infections - which are outstripping some European nations - are still proving a cause for…
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Read the full storyFirst new treatment for sickle cell in 20 years By Adina Campbell and Philippa Roxby BBC News
Painful episodes The drug, crizanlizumab, made by Novartis, is injected into a vein and can be taken on its own or alongside standard treatment and regular blood transfusions. And in a trial,…
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Read the full storyJCVI issues updated advice on COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 12 to 15
The JCVI has reviewed the evidence on vaccinating children aged 12 to 15 who do not have underlying health conditions that put them at increased risk from severe COVID-19. The assessment by the…
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Read the full storySickle Cell Disease
Nature have produced a range of interesting articles about sickle cell, gene editing, new-born screening and more. Read them all here: Link A condition that affects many people of African descent…
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Read the full storyHow To Live With Sickle Cell: Sickle Cell and I
The above is the title of my book that was published in May 2021. I have been blogging and writing about sickle cell for over 6 years. My name is Tola Dehinde. I was diagnosed as having sickle cell…
