Through a project aimed at building empathy and understanding among clinicians about sickle cell disease (SCD)-related pain episodes, a team of nurses in Chicago has helped standardize emergency care for these complications and reduce door-to-painkiller time, according to a study. “I set out on this initiative with a very…

A bipartisan team of U.S. senators has introduced legislation to renew funding for a national initiative that connects people with blood disorders such as sickle cell disease (SCD) with unrelated donors for stem cell transplants. If the legislation passes, the national initiative, known as the C.W. Bill Young Cell…