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Morehouse studying COVID-19 and Sickle Cell

RTMNews - August 20, 2020

Morehouse School of Medicine and UnitedHealth Group Collaborate to Help Expand COVID-19 Research and Health Equity for Individuals with Sickle Cell Study will assess COVID-19...

Health

The Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia Receives Two Grants to Secure Quality Care for Patients

ADW News - June 17, 2019

The fight to research, illuminate, and one day eliminate sickle cell disease continues, and one its toughest fighters is receiving much needed help to...

Digital Daily

These Patients Had Sickle-Cell Disease and Experimental Therapies Might Have Cured Them

ADW News - January 28, 2019

Scientists have long known what causes sickle-cell disease and its devastating effects: a single mutation in one errant gene. But for decades, there has...

ADW News

Medical marijuana bill passes in Georgia House of Representatives

tshropshire7878 - February 26, 2015

Calm down, weed heads. Before you start blazing up, understand that only the Georgia House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to decriminalize the possession...

Community

Church Circuit April 23-29

Editor - April 23, 2014

Pastoral Anniversary APRIL 23—Morning Star Baptist Church, 812 Oak St., West Mifflin, will host a Pastoral Anniversary Celebration for Rev. Cathryn Brundage. The event,…

Business

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Awarded Nearly $10 Million For Sickle Cell Research

rtmdion - October 23, 2013

The Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University have received a grant of almost $10 million...

ADW News

Sickle Cell Anemia on Rise in Newborns Worldwide

rtmdion - September 1, 2013

Sickle cell anemia is increasing worldwide, and more than 400,000 babies will be born with the hereditary blood disorder in 2050, according to...

Featured

‘Junior’ of Steve Harvey Show to Speak for Sickle Cell Disease

rtmdion - June 2, 2013

If you ask the average person about sickle cell disease, it is likely that he or she won't be able to tell you...

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