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Heather Avant, a photographer in Mesquite, Texas, has sickle cell disease, a rare blood disorder that affects an estimated 100,000 Americans. The hereditary condition can affect a person of any race or ethnicity, but Black patients make up the majority of those afflicted in the U.S. (Heather Avant/KFF Health News/TNS)Sickle cell disease, a rare blood disorder that affects an estimated 100,000 Americans, is a hereditary condition can affect a person of any race or ethnicity. But Black patients make up the majority of those afflicted in the U.S.
Originally published at Tribune News Service