Sickle Cell Articles in Black Magazines - Ebony and Jet have highlighted news stories that are marketed specifically towards African-Americans since 1945 and 1951 respectively. Because sickle cell trait and disease affects many African-Americans, it has been covered in several articles in both Ebony and Jet magazines. According to the National Institute of Health, about 1 in 13 African-American babies are born with sickle cell trait and about 1 in 365 black children are born with sickle cell disease. In this section, we have summarized a few articles from a myriad of magazine articles from over several decades that discuss sickle cell. These articles raise sickle cell awareness, highlight individual actors and organizations that have made a difference, share information, personal stories, and more.
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