Tag: Cooley’s anemia
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

Care Walk is the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation’s annual fundraising event and opportunity to bring together the thalassemia community and its supporters around the country. Funds raised support medical research to fight thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, as well as patient support services for thalassemia patients across the country. Your Walk, Your Way! Care Walk is set up […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023

The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation is initiating an educational incentive award program for children of U.S. individuals with severe thalassemia to further their education and career goals. These awards will be given in March, 2024 for students enrolled in the fall 2023 and/or spring 2024 semester(s). The total amount of funding for this program for the […]
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Monday, September 18th, 2023

The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation sponsors incentive awards for thalassemia patients to further their education and career goals. These awards will be given in March, 2024. The purpose of these Incentive Awards is to inspire patients to further their education and career goals and to help them live positively with thalassemia. Requirements: Applicant must be diagnosed […]
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Thursday, July 20th, 2023

We are delighted to share with you TIF’s latest publication for patients living with thalassemia, sickle cell disease (SCD) and other rare anemias and their families entitled ‘Travel Guidance for Patients and Families’.
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation (CAF) recognizes the importance of maintaining health among thalassemia patients and is offering reimbursement of up to $500 for approved expenses related to health maintenance among U.S. thalassemia patients who are age 50 or older.
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Monday, June 26th, 2023

The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation (CAF) offers travel support to treatment centers to Thalassemia patients. We’re offering limited financial assistance to individuals with thalassemia who experience financial hardship due to travel expenses incurred in obtaining an annual comprehensive care evaluation or extraordinary thalassemia care at a major treatment center.
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

The council will bring together patients, caregivers and physicians from these communities, which share commonalities in underlying disease pathology, difficulties in transitioning from pediatric to adult care and quality of life concerns.
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Monday, November 14th, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently launched a Thalassemia Healthcare Provider Resource Toolkit.
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022

bluebird bio, Inc. announced the FDA has approved ZYNTEGLO®, a one-time gene therapy custom-designed to treat the underlying genetic cause of beta‑thalassemia in adult and pediatric patients who require regular red blood cell transfusions.
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022

This week’s spotlight is all about Team Ficarra. Talk about longevity – the Ficarra family is one of the founders of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation!
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