Janine Hauck doesn't know which tick gave her anaplasmosis and Lyme disease. She just remembers the fatigue, weakness and ...

For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 16-year-old with a rare blood disease was cured with innovative gene therapy by doctors at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Miriya Nurse got emotional at the thought ...

For a decade after its discovery, CRISPR gene editing was stuck on the cusp of transforming medicine. Then, in 2023, scientists started using it on sickle-cell disease, and Victoria Gray, a patient ...

Alzheimer’s disease is one of humanity’s most formidable foes. It affects 10 percent of people over age 65 and kills more people each year than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. Its effects ...

When calling myself an alpha male, there is a deeper meaning that goes beyond the stereotype. I was diagnosed with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency 14 years ago. It caused liver and lung disease. I ...

Anyone who’s lost a loved one to Alzheimer's disease may be worried about noticing symptoms in themselves. Alzheimer's takes a terrible toll. It’s the most common cause of dementia — abnormal brain ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases — by reprogramming patients' out-of-whack immune ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are shifting most of their philanthropy into curing or preventing diseases by capitalizing on advances in artificial intelligence, deepening the ...

Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. What is hand, foot and mouth disease, and what causes it? How is it spread? What are ...

Victor Sung, M.D., director of the Division of Movement Disorders in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology and director of the UAB Huntington’s Disease Clinic, reacted to the ...