nytimes May 23, 2021 11:00pm These Sisters With Sickle Cell Had Devastating — and Preventable — Strokes #stroke #testsmedical #preventivemedicine #ultrasonicimagingandsonograms #geneticsandheredity #transfusions #sicklecellanemia #blackpeople #childrenandchildhood #raceandethnicity #doctors #nationalinstitutesofhealth #news These Sisters With Sickle Cell Had Devastating, and Preventable, Strokes Kyra and Kami never got a simple test that could have protected them. Their story exemplifies the failure to care for people with the disease, most of whom are Black.