Rare Diseases

Cases of EEE, a rare but often deadly mosquito-borne illness, are higher than usual this year

CRISPR and other new technologies open doors for drug development, but which diseases get prioritized?

Drug Development

Health Insurance

Independence bolsters access to gene-based therapies used to treat rare, inherited health conditions

IBX Gene Therapy

Celine Dion's stiff person syndrome diagnosis brings attention to a rare disease

CHOP patient with spinal muscular atrophy to walk the runway ahead of New York Fashion Week

SMA Mom

Monkeypox 'very unlikely' to cause a COVID-like outbreak, scientists say

Treatment for rare esophagus disease deemed breakthrough therapy by FDA

Rare disease researcher offers unique perspective on search for COVID-19 treatment

COVID-19 drug inventory

Children's Health

Kawasaki disease may be a COVID-19 complication for some young children

Kawasaki disease and COVID-19

His life in 'overtime,' Penn doctor races to find better treatments for rare Castleman disease

David Fajgenbaum Castleman Disease book 2

Flesh-eating bacteria are in warm coastal waters – but it doesn't mean you'll get sick

Flesh-eating bacteria

Penn doctor makes research strides into his own rare disease

Carroll - Dr. David Fajgenbaum

Collegeville boy, 6, gets wish to become pilot for a day

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Rare, flesh-eating STD diagnosed in England

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Jefferson Health researchers identify cause of skin cancer in Butterfly Syndrome patients

Stock_Carroll - Philadelphia University Jefferson

North Jersey family, CHOP doctor discuss journey to discover boy's rare disease on 'Today' show

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How a drugmaker turned the abortion pill into a rare-disease profit machine

Pills on a counter

Wolf pushes for a Rare Disease Advisory Council in Pennsylvania

Wharton MBA grad leading fight against rare disease - his own

Utah teenager has rare water allergy

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Sleep Apnea Alzheimer's

Sleep apnea may be linked to brain changes that cause Alzheimer's disease

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Choosing safe toys: Tips for parents and caregivers

Amelia Fletcher Little Library 2

Abington teen starts 'little library' to help children of people experiencing homelessness and...

Teen Drug Use

Fewer teens are using alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana than before the pandemic

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The role of friends and peers in preventing impaired driving

walking steps depression

Increasing steps per day, even by a modest amount, could reduce risk of developing depression

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