by Jackie Lamb | Jun 19, 2025 | News
By: Aaliyah Prim | WISHTV INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — World Sickle Cell Day is Thursday, June 19, and it aims to raise awareness about sickle cell disease, which affects over 1,700 people in Indiana. Sickle cell disease is a rare but serious condition that impacts the...
by Jackie Lamb | Jun 6, 2025 | News
By Alfonso Ruvalcaba Trujillo | WISHTV INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)–Innovative Hematology is offering a summer camp experience for children and teens with blood disorders, ensuring they can enjoy the outdoors with proper medical support. The camp, held in partnership with Camp...
by Jackie Lamb | Jun 5, 2025 | News
By: Chloe Oden | Fort Wayne Journal Gazette E’Anah Coleman of Fort Wayne has had sickle cell disease for more than 16 years. She was born with the inherited disease, like about 0.27% of Black children, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Sickle...
by Jackie Lamb | May 29, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
By Hernan Gutierrez | WISHTV KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — May marks Stroke Awareness Month. To commemorate it, a Kokomo family shares their story of a pediatric stroke. Hudson Hillis was 22 months old when he had his stroke. His mom, Leslie Hillis, remembers that day very...
by Jackie Lamb | May 28, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
By Savannah Scholl | WISHTV INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– May is Stroke Awareness Month, highlighting the critical need for awareness about strokes, which can affect individuals of all ages, including children. Pediatric stroke is a significant health concern, ranking among...
by Jackie Lamb | Mar 20, 2025 | News
Dr. Amy Shapiro, CEO and co-medical director of Innovative Hematology, home to the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center (IHTC)—the state’s only federally designated hemophilia treatment center—has received a lifetime achievement award for her extensive...
