News and Updates

News and Updates

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  NHS Race and Health Observatory appoints sickle cell expert 19 Nov 2021

  The NHS Race and Health Observatory is pleased to announce the new appointment of a medical advisor to explore sickle cell inequalities in NHS healthcare delivery. Dr Carl Reynolds, a consultant…

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  Tell us Your Experience of how Newborn Screening Results for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia were Communicated 11 Nov 2021

  Help improve the sickle cell screening programme by joining our online focus group and receive a gift voucher as a thank you. We are looking for people who have sickle cell or trait and have not yet…

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  Covid: Why are UK cases so high? 19 Oct 2021

  Thanks to the vaccine, a case of Covid is much less likely to land you in hospital. But soaring infections - which are outstripping some European nations - are still proving a cause for…

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  First new treatment for sickle cell in 20 years By Adina Campbell and Philippa Roxby BBC News 5 Oct 2021

  Painful episodes The drug, crizanlizumab, made by Novartis, is injected into a vein and can be taken on its own or alongside standard treatment and regular blood transfusions. And in a trial,…

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  JCVI issues updated advice on COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 12 to 15 20 Sep 2021

  The JCVI has reviewed the evidence on vaccinating children aged 12 to 15 who do not have underlying health conditions that put them at increased risk from severe COVID-19. The assessment by the…

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  Sickle Cell Disease 19 Sep 2021

  Nature have produced a range of interesting articles about sickle cell, gene editing, new-born screening and more. Read them all here: Link   A condition that affects many people of African descent…