Medical News / Reporting from ASH 2021 - Sickle Cell Patients at Increased Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalization

While patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at an increased risk of hospitalization with a COVID-19 infection, data presented at 2021 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition shows they are not at an increased risk of death. Source: MDMag To view the third party content, kindly click on the link below or read more. You will then leave this site and enter a third party site.

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