While deadly diseases had some pretty terrible outcomes throughout history, they also have led the way for incredible scientific research, discovery, and medical advancement. Join Hank Green for a new ...

Lurie Children's Hospital officially announced an expansion of research with the $11 million from Don and Anne Edwards, who ...

Chicago's Lurie's Children's Hospital will expand care for patients living with rare genetic diseases and conditions thanks ...

Complicated follows several children with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and their parents trying to get care. Not only are doctors ...

A California toddler is the first person in the world to receive gene therapy to treat his devastating disease. Three-year-old Oliver Chu was born with a rare, genetic condition called Hunter syndrome ...

Instead of requiring personalized gene edits for each patient, the new approach could create a standardized method to use for many diseases. By Pam Belluck and Carl Zimmer Gene-editing therapies offer ...

Across America, millions of parents of children with rare diseases are in a race against time, hoping that new treatments will be developed fast enough to save their kids. Thanks to advances in ...

The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which can affect the size and development of sex organs Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously ...

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s widower is looking back at his life with the Queen of Tejano music. Three decades after the “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” singer’s tragic death at age 23, her husband Chris Pérez—whom ...

Earlier this year, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn created a first-of-its-kind drug customized to a unique genetic mutation to save an infant named Baby KJ from dying of a ...

One in 5 of the highest-revenue drugs of 2022 was exclusively approved for rare conditions, accounting for more than 7% of US pharmaceutical spending. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: ...

The comedian was joined by seven of his kids — Myles, Christian, Eric, Bella, Shayne, Zola and Bria Presley Ann/Getty Eddie Murphy had his family's support as he walked the red carpet for the premiere ...