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Massachusetts woman living with painful sickle cell disease aims to inspire at New York City Marathon Amy Cohen is running the New York City Marathon despite living with the painful effects of sickle cell disease.

Amy Cohen finished the NYC Marathon in 6:09!

www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...

06.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Government (NIH): invests $450 million in everything from basic science research (socializing early stage risk) to clinical trials to develop SMA gene therapy. Pt groups play a role too.

Biotech: Weโ€™ll take it from here and charge payors (govt programs like Medicaid, commercial insurers) $2 million

02.10.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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News round-up (June-September) Data from New York City plus federal-level developments

NYC report on sickle cell disease:

Over 50% of children with SCD covered by Medicaid had a prescription fill for hydroxyurea in 2023, whereas the majority of adults did not.

More on HU uptake, adherence, and other data points๐Ÿ‘‡

25.09.2025 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sickle Cell Disease Patients Disproportionately Leave Hospitals Against Medical Advice | Health Affairs Forefront The code โ€œleft against medical adviceโ€ should be recognized as a sentinel eventโ€”a preventable system failure that signals unmet care needs.

Public data from NYC hospitals shows that 14% of adult patients admitted for SCD leave against medical advice, over 3x the citywide average ๐Ÿ‘‡

25.09.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025 SCD Community Sign-On Letter to HHS In the past week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a series of reductions in force, including suspending the entire Division of Blood Disorders at the Centers for Disease ...

๐ŸšจAction item: CDCโ€™s Sickle Cell Data Collection program was recently suspended.

If you are interested in signing a letter in support of the program to HHS Secretary Kennedy, please see below.

Deadline tonight (Tuesday, April 8)

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

08.04.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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