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ST. LOUIS — September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and this year’s theme “Sickle Cell Matters” is a rallying message for those spreading the word about the disease’s impact on the Black ...

In my December 2017 column, “Sickle cell group is making a difference in people’s lives,” Juan Caballero, then 67, expressed thanks for his many decades of living, despite having sickle cell disease.

HOUSTON – Ahead of the Juneteenth Holiday and World Sickle Cell Day, a Houston organization is hosting an event to bring awareness to the disease and the community it disproportionally impacts. The ...