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La Crosse virus disease: The rare mosquito-borne illness that causes deadly brain inflammation
Mosquitoes that transmit La Crosse virus disease live in wooded areas in the U.S., mainly in the Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic ...
Rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa. A project seeks to change that
She visited Fann hospital in Dakar, where neurologist Dr. Pedro Rodriguez measured her lung capacity. He suspects Mariama had ...
2 dead from rare mad cow-like brain disease in Oregon, county health officials say
The Hood River County Health Department confirmed April 14 that two people have died from a mad cow-like illness called ...
Oregon health officials investigate rare brain disease blamed for two deaths
Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of Creutzfeld Jakob disease. Two have died and a ...
New DNA-reading technology holds promise for rare disease research
Cutting-edge DNA mapping technology has identified new genetic information that can help researchers decipher more genetic ...
Health officials urge caution after dead rabbit and squirrel found with rare bacterial disease
The rabbit infected with tularemia was found in Tuscola, a small community south of Champaign, following weeks of reports of ill and dead squirrels in nearby Urbana. One of the rodents had also tested ...
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FDA layoffs and priority review programme’s lapse disrupt rare disease pipeline
The expiration of the FDA’s paediatric priority review voucher programme is creating uncertainty for rare disease drug ...
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Letters to the Editor: Detection of rare brain disease is a reminder of the importance of research funding
To the editor: The knowledge that two individuals have died and another person is showing symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (“Oregon health officials investigate rare brain disease blamed ...
Concerns grow over animal-to-human transmission of deadly melioidosis bacteria
According to the Merck Veterinary Manual, both animal-to-human and animal-to-animal transmission of the bacteria can happen ...