The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the nation’s first avian influenza A(H5N1) human ...

The spokesperson continued to outline that what makes R&D in rare diseases particularly difficult, especially where fully understanding ‘causal human biology’ is integral to its R&D model ...

A rare and potentially fatal skin infection with nightmarish outcomes may soon have a cure.

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us.

An unidentified Fresno County individual died of rabies despite treatment after probably being bitten by a bat, the first ...

Ibuprofen counters problems caused by mutations in the MAN1B1 gene, fruit fly tests show. Early results in three children are ”fairly positive.” ...

Cherokee Nation and its health officials held its first Rare Disease Summit Nov. 21 to help bring together healthcare ...

New advances allow scientists to study DNA, RNA, and gene activity in individual cells rather than in bulk tissue samples.

A handful of billion-dollar deals in the rare disease space highlights the uptick in Big Pharma’s investment, but it’s still ...

The Rare Disease Network, which includes Calvin University, Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, MSU College of Human Medicine, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services and Van Andel ...