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Avery Russek, 17, is fighting an extremely rare autoimmune disease called opsoclonus myoclonus, a condition she was first ...
A Buffalo teenager is getting treatment for her second bout with an extremely rare medical condition that can literally take away control of her body. In 2009, FOX9 covered the treatments that helped ...
The Purdy family shares their insights on navigating their child’s rare neurodegenerative disease and their direct ...
BANGOR -- Autumn Scott, a 17-year-old from Dixmont, is facing a tough battle with a rare autoimmune disease called Degos.
Findings from a cohort of 1.2 million children indicate aluminum-adsorbed vaccines do not raise the risk of autism, asthma, ...
An experimental AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) drug, anselamimab, failed to extend survival or cut heart-related hospitalizations in patients with a rare plasma cell disorder, disappointing hopes it could ...
A massive Danish study of over 1.2 million children has found no evidence that aluminum in early childhood vaccines increases the risk of neurological, autoimmune, or allergic disorders.
In September of 2021, one Rockland eighth grader received a diagnosis no eighth grader should ever receive. Carlos “Coca” Bernard was diagnosed with leukemia.  Two years later, Coca and his family ...
A bill signed into law by Governor Dan McKee on July 3 created a Rare Disease Advisory Council in Rhode Island. State Senator Val Lawson and Warwick mom Erin Vazquez joined Shannon Hegy on 12 ...
I had been pretty healthy,” Nicole said. “So, to find out that I got this, I thought, well I’m so healthy, I don’t know, kind ...
Many people with autoimmune diseases are initially misdiagnosed with psychiatric conditions. Here’s why you shouldn’t accept ‘it’s all in your head’ for an answer.
Researchers are working to launch a first-in-human clinical trial to test the approach in patients with cancer who develop diabetes after immunotherapy.