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Delhi HC exempts custom duties on medicines for rare diseases
The Delhi High Court has said that custom duties and charges will not be applied to medicines, drug…
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Spread of flesh-eating bacteria causes frenzy in Japan: Here’s all about STSS, the deadly disease that can kill in 2 days
Japan is experiencing an increase in cases of a rare and deadly disease caused by flesh-eating bact…
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A sudden spike in cases of a rare infection often linked to flesh-eating bacteria is happening in Japan
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is rare but deadly. Since there is no vaccine, health exp…
Julia Naftulin
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My baby has a rare disease. Hearing from others that I am a great mom keeps me going.
The author shared her feelings while her baby was in the hospital and said it put into perspective …
J.B. Lacombe
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A 6-year-old has a rare disease that his mom calls Parkinson's mixed with Alzheimer's. His family hopes a scientific miracle can save his life.
Léo Vauclare was 2 when he got a diagnosis of a rare genetic disease. The life expectancy is five t…
Jane Ridley
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I have cystic fibrosis. I don't regret having children, but I'm parenting on borrowed time with a disease with no cure.
A mom with cystic fibrosis who's already surpassed her given life expectancy hopes new treatments w…
Janeil Whitworth
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Girl with rare deadly disease receives revolutionary million-dollar gene-therapy drug – but it is too late for her older sister
Young sisters Teddi and Nala Shaw from the UK both have late-infantile MLD, an inherited genetic di…
Isobel van Hagen
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After a lifetime of constant nosebleeds, a woman found out she had a rare genetic disease
After one of her children was rushed to the hospital after vomiting blood, a woman found out why sh…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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What to know about Kawasaki disease, a rare condition in children that doctors worry is linked to the coronavirus
100 children in Europe, and at least 25 children in New York City, have been hospitalized with symp…
Shira Feder
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Infectious disease detectives are puzzled by a mysterious spike in brain infections in Nevada children. One doctor said she's never seen anything like it.
The Southern Nevada Health District recorded 18 cases of brain abscesses in young Clark County resi…
Andrea Michelson
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Netflix's new documentary 'Take Care Of Maya' follows a little girl's rare disease diagnosis and the family tragedy that followed. Here's where Maya Kowalski, her family, and other key figures are today.
Maya Kowalski was 10 when she was admitted to a Florida hospital with pain due to a rare condition,…
Esme Mazzeo
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A couple used IVF to conceive their child because they're both carriers of a rare genetic disease that can be lethal by age 5
After getting tested for Tay-Sachs, the couple decided to go through IVF so they could test the emb…
Kelly Burch
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My sister froze her eggs for me after I was diagnosed with a rare disease. It gave me peace of mind to know I could start a family.
Doctors told her that she needed at least three surgeries to remove masses in her abdomen, and coul…
Kelly Burch
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COVID-19 causes mild disease in most children, fatalities rare: Lancet study
"Overall, the vast majority of children and young people experience only mild disease. Nevertheles…
PTI
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15 New York City children have been hospitalized with a rare disease that doctors fear is linked to the coronavirus
The diagnoses, reported by NYC health officials, follow reports that 100 children, mostly in Europe…
Shira Feder,Samantha Crozier
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Doctors in Italy have found a link between the coronavirus and the rare inflammatory disease seen in more than 100 children
Eight out of 10 children with a rare 'Kawasaki-like' disease had also been exposed to the coronavir…
Mia Jankowicz
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A 5-year-old Michigan girl died from the coronavirus, but deaths in young children from the disease are still rare
Skylar Herbert tested positive for the coronavirus and then developed a rare form of meningitis and…
Emily Cavanagh
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The 6-year-old behind the 'where we bout to eat at' meme has died after facing rare autoimmune disorder, his mother says
Antwain Fowler, who went viral with a YouTube video in 2019, has died, his mother said on Instagram.
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Rashes, lethargy, and the terror of the unknown: What it's like to survive Kawasaki disease, the rare childhood illness that scientists are scrambling to understand in the coronavirus crisis
Eric Kinnell survived Kawasaki disease, a rare childhood illness, at the age of 5. Now scientists w…
Mia Jankowicz
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19-year-old becomes youngest to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's, cause remains a mystery
A 19-year-old man from China, who has been having memory problems since the age of 17, was diagnose…