The university researchers believe it could be embraced on a much larger scale. Scientists say this small organism could ...

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 ...

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) this month officially recognised the disease as "Type 5 diabetes", and set up a working group to develop new guidance for doctors on how to spot it. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

As vaccine rates drop, other diseases could be next. As the United States grapples with rising measles cases and outbreaks in several states, another vaccine-preventable disease is quietly ...

Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to prevent the spread of highly transmissible bugs. Their secret weapon?