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Do any infectious diseases have a 100% fatality rate?
Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us.
Scientists find cause of rare devastating, autoimmune disease in Puerto Ricans—but also find potential treatment
A rare autoimmune condition with a tongue-twister of a name may impact people of Puerto Rican heritage through a newly discovered genetic pathway, a discovery that may ultimately guide genetic ...
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Rare H5N1 Bird Flu Case in U.S. Child Sparks Public Health Investigation and Call for Vigilance
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the nation’s first avian influenza A(H5N1) human ...
Cluster of farmworkers diagnosed with rare animal-borne disease in Ventura County
A cluster of workers at Ventura County berry farms recently have been diagnosed with a rare disease often transmitted through ...
Bat is the prime suspect in ultra-rare human rabies fatality in Central California
An unidentified Fresno County individual died of rabies despite treatment after probably being bitten by a bat, the first ...
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A Rare, Fatal Skin Disease Has Been Cured in Patients For The First Time
A rare and potentially fatal skin infection with nightmarish outcomes may soon have a cure.
Inside the push to screen Scottish islanders for rare disease-causing 'mutated' variants
One of Scotland’s leading geneticists has called for a screening programme to help Scottish islanders discover if they and ...
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Rare, mysterious brain malformations in children linked to protein misfolding, study finds
Mutations in a complex that helps proteins fold correctly are tied to developmental disorders that include seizures and intellectual disability, Stanford Medicine-led research has found.