3D view of red blood cells flowing through a blood vessel, with colorful antibody molecules floating among them. World Sickle Cell Day. Every year on June 19, the world pauses to observe World Sickle Cell Day — a United Nations-recognized awareness day dedicated to one of the most common and most misunderstood genetic disorders on the planet. World Sickle Cell Day was officially established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008, recognizing sickle cell disease as a p
