<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/september/09-09-sickle-cell-awareness-month.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>09/09/2025 11:00:40 AM</pubDate><title>September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month</title><sub-title/><description>September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. SUNY Downstate joins communities nationwide in elevating attention to a disease that affects more than 100,000 Americans, with an acute impact in Brooklyn.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/september/_images/sickle-cell-awareness.jpg" alt="Sickle Cell Awareness Month"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2025/september/09-09-sickle-cell-awareness-month.xml</loc><tags><tag>Commemorative Months</tag></tags><categories/></item>