Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made some claims about Americans with chronic diseases that should be challenged with critical thinking. (Alex Wong/Getty Images ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also known as gastro oesophageal reflux disease, is more than just the occasional heartburn—it’s a chronic condition where stomach acid keeps flowing ...

Two people in Oregon have died from a rare, progressive brain disorder similar to "mad cow disease" that leads to dementia and is %100 fatal. The Hood River County Health Department confirmed the ...

But the longer a tick stays attached to you, the more likely it is to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease), if the tick is a carrier. If not found and treated ...

Credit: rob dobi via Getty Images. Against the stark backdrop of the FDA job cuts, stakeholders in the rare disease space find themselves facing heightened uncertainty. In late March 2025, the Trump ...

This hideous disease causes the body's nervous system to shut down, slowly paralysing the patient until they are unable to breathe. Tragically, there is no cure or treatment. As the cases piled up ...

Health officials in Hood River County have reported an unusual cluster of people coming down with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD. Three residents in the area have contracted CJD over the past ...

About 1 in 133 people in the United States have celiac disease. That is 1% of the total population, or 2 million people. However, over 80% of people with celiac disease are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed ...

One million Malaysians are affected by rare diseases, but the exact number remains unclear due to the lack of a national patient registry. Malaysia faces significant challenges in treating rare ...

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French drugmaker Sanofi agreed to pay $125 million to startup Earendil Labs for two drug candidates designed to treat autoimmune and inflammatory bowel diseases. Under the terms of the deal announced ...

The UK government has brought in a temporary ban on holidaymakers bringing in cheese and meat products from the EU in a bid to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD). Travellers have ...