Sickle Cell awareness and education crucial for Black families in 2021

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Sickle Cell awareness and education crucial for Black families in 2021

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Shea Guillory was shocked when the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia began sending letters one week after she took her newborn home. Yes, […]

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