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<h2 id="region3586"><a href="/article/tesha-samuels-advocates-for-others-after-living-with-sickle-cell-disease/">Tesha Samuels advocates for others after living with sickle cell disease</a></h2>
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<p>Sickle cell disease affects more than 100,000 people in the United States every year, and for three decades, Tesha Samuels was...</p>
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<span><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> February 14, 2023</span>
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<h2 id="region3579"><a href="/article/the-costs-of-living-with-sickle-cell-disease-in-the-united-states/">The costs of living with sickle cell disease in the United States</a></h2>
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<p>In the United States, more than 100,000 people are living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a group of...</p>
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<span><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> January 20, 2020</span>
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<p>Sickle cell disease (SCD) specialists have performed bone marrow transplants in children since the 1990s. This procedure is the only...</p>
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<img src="/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/sickle-cell-jordin-sparks.jpg" alt="Musician and actress Jordin Sparks started advocating for those with sickle cell disease when she learned about her stepsister’s diagnosis.">
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<span><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> January 16, 2020</span>
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<span><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> January 14, 2020</span>
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