Sickle Cell Awareness Month 2023 Events
All across the country, our member organizations are hosting exciting events for Sickle Cell Awareness Month this September. Check out the... Continue Reading
SCDAA Teams with MedicAlert Foundation
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Teams with MedicAlert Foundation to Improve Emergency Outcomes During Sickle Cell Crises Nonprofits partner to... Continue Reading
Afimmune joins the SCD C.A.R.E.S. Consortium
Dublin, Ireland, 19 June 2023: Afimmune, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel rare disease therapeutics, today announced it has been invited to... Continue Reading
SCDAA Announces FY24 Legislative Priorities
Did you know that the federal government is poised to make some of the biggest decisions in sickle cell history right... Continue Reading
SCDAA names new board members
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, a national nonprofit membership organization that advocates for people affected by sickle cell, named... Continue Reading
SCDAA to promote clinical trials
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, a national nonprofit membership organization that advocates for people affected by sickle cell, formed... Continue Reading
Urge Officials to Cosponsor the SCD Comprehensive Care Act
Dear Sickle Cell Community, Over the past several months, SCDAA has been working with congressional sickle cell disease (SCD) champions and... Continue Reading
The Passing of Dr. Samir Ballas
SCDAA regrets to announce that Dr. Samir Ballas passed away on August 12. He was devoted to caring for adults with... Continue Reading
Sickle Cell Care Expansion Act Introduced to the Senate
Ahead of World Sickle Cell Awareness Day on June 19, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced... Continue Reading
SCDAA Joins the Newly Formed Sickle Cell Disease Partnership
Partnership Calls on Policymakers to Implement Proposals in 2020 Landmark Report Today, in recognition of World Sickle Cell Day on June... Continue Reading