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MMWR Booster for: Birth Prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease and County-Level Social Vulnerability — Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, 11 States, 2016–2020 / Weekly / March 28, 2024 / 73(12);248–254

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Cody Micah Carmichael MPH, CPH

Top 5 Takeaways High Birth Prevalence in Black Newborns: The study found a sickle cell disease (SCD) birth prevalence of 28.54 per 10,000 (one in every 350) non-Hispanic Black newborns