EditorialDr. Melissa Frei-Jones examines Kami Crawford, 16, before she and her younger sister Kyra receive blood transfusions that help manage their sickle cell disease, in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 2, 2020. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)
EditorialSarah C., a teacher who spent four days in the hospital receiving platelet transfusions, immune globulins and steroids to restore her platelet count after receiving the coronavirus vaccine, in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 6, 2021. (Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times)