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Taking prescription opioids away from Cancer/Sickle Cell/chronic pain sufferers because of heroin addicts made zero sense
It caused a 900% increase in deadly overdoses
Mainstream media refuses to acknowledge this
Why?
SCDANTexas retweeted
It's #WorldPatientSafetyDay
Every child deserves safe, quality health care. But too many children worldwide are put at risk by unsafe care.
We call for action to prevent harm and build a safer future for every child 👉 bit.ly/WPSD2025WHO #PatientSafety @PMNCH
SCDANTexas retweeted
Sickle cell is the fastest growing genetic disorder in the UK.
Your blood donation can help people with sickle cell and save lives.
Fighting sickle cell is in our blood. Be the #GivingType. Book your appointment today. ow.ly/suGq50WPxPp
#SickleCellAwarenessMonth
SCDANTexas retweeted
It’s #SickleCellAwarenessMonth.
This painful genetic condition causes serious complications. Blood donations save lives - and Black heritage donors are especially needed for closely matched blood.
Fighting sickle cell is in our blood. 🩸 ow.ly/faMo50WOYEW
ALT Five people stand in a line looking at the camera and showing their arms with plasters on after donating blood. Accompanying text says 'Sickle Cell Awareness Month. September 2025' The give blood and NHS logos appear.
SCDANTexas retweeted
It’s Sickle Cell Awareness Month & I’m very emotional to announce ‘It Takes A Village’; my 1 year long campaign to get 16,000 new blood donors from Black heritage backgrounds.
To donate through the campaign:
bit.ly/it-takes-a-village-si…
#ITAVxSimplySayo #16kdonors #GiveBloodWithSayo
SCDANTexas retweeted
You’ll do a happy dance for this: The Red Cross & PEANUTS® are joining forces again!💛
Come give blood Aug. 29-Sept. 21 & get an exclusive Red Cross x PEANUTS mystery bag with 1 of 4 special tee designs, while they last.
🔖Book now: rcblood.org/4oHsKx8
#GiveBloodGiveLife
SCDANTexas retweeted
Have a great holiday weekend all!
Reminder: Fort Worth ISD will be closed on Monday, September 1st, in observance of Labor Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, September 2nd. We hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!
ALT Children dressed in various professional uniforms, including a doctor, police officer, and firefighter, participating in a role-playing activity. Text overlay announces Labor Day closure for schools and offices on September 1, provided by Fort Worth Independent School District.
SCDANTexas retweeted
Some people do not know that sometimes,
When suffering from acute pain, chronic fatigue, migraine-like headache, mood swings, or other acute events of sickle cell disorder,
We do not know what to do,
To make acute events of sickle cell disorder stop,
So we keep trying many things,
To identify what will work.
At such times,
We are as clues as others,
So, please, be patient with us.
© Diary of a Sickle Cell Warrior.
SCDANTexas retweeted
An experimental gene therapy for sickle cell disease shows promise in large animals, researchers engineer an antiviral based on mRNA that shields small animals from SARS-CoV-2, and more in the new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/45mL5qc
SCDANTexas retweeted
Congrats to St. Jude patient Bailey for being this year’s @FedEx Purple Eagle! ✈️💜
Each year, FedEx names a plane after a St. Jude patient with a family member who works at the company.
Bailey is a sickle cell patient at St. Jude, a Scout, and loves music and dance.
SCDANTexas retweeted
Dr. Charity Oyedeji, a hematologist and researcher, says her $750K NIH grant to improve care for older adults with sickle cell disease was abruptly cut — despite early proven results.
SCDANTexas retweeted
North Texas under heat advisory again as temps may finally reach 100 degrees star-telegram.com/news/weath…
SCDANTexas retweeted
In April, I requested ethnicity data on blood donations and deferrals. Months later, I’m still waiting for the full set.
With just 50% of sickle cell patients getting the Ro matched blood they need, we need answers to understand why Black donors are being turned away.
SCDANTexas retweeted
#OnThisDay, Emmett Louis Till would have turned 84 years old. In 1955, he was 14 when he was kidnapped and killed for “inappropriately interacting with a white woman” in Mississippi. Discover how Emmett Till's death inspired a movement: s.si.edu/2ojo7wk #ANationsStory
ALT Black and white photographic print of Emmet Till and his mother, Mamie Till Mobley. Till wears a white shirt with tie and looks straight ahead. His mother, in a dark dress with light-colored ruffled collar, sits with her arm around his shoulders.
SCDANTexas retweeted
🥵 North Texas is heating up! Cooling centers are now open across the area to help everyone beat the heat. wfaa.com/article/news/local/…
SCDANTexas retweeted
I am 48 years old.
As a sickle cell warrior,
When I was young,
I was told that I would not live beyond 18 years,
But I surpassed 18 years.
Later, I was told that I would not live beyond 21 years,
But I surpassed 21 years.
Later, I was told that I would not live beyond 25 years,
But I surpassed 25 years.
Now, I am 48 years old,
I have lived beyond all those limitations,
Because it is God that has the final say over every life,
Because what God cannot do does not exist.
Thank You, Jesus Christ.
