Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don’t work well. Now scientists are trying something new

There's a new frontier in treating autoimmune diseases. Today's treatments tamp down the friendly fire but don't fix what's ...

Why Clinicians Are Rethinking Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

Clinicians must adapt to the new reality of HFMD, as emerging strains drive serious complications and challenge old ...

There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases, and they mostly strike women. Here’s what to know

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...
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One of Our Biggest Hopes For Alzheimer's Treatment Doesn't Seem to Work

For decades, scientists have targeted the sticky protein clumps that amass in Alzheimer's brains as a potential way of ...

What is PSP? Civil Rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson diagnosed with rare brain disease

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. has been diagnosed with progressive neurological disease progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP. What is this rare disease?

Rev Jesse Jackson hospitalized amid health battle with neurodegenerative disease

Jesse Jackson's family requests prayers as civil rights icon receives medical treatment for a neurodegenerative condition.

Tracking disease outbreaks to the ends of the Earth

Climate change is speeding the spread of global pathogens. Can an early-warning system for animal viruses help stop pandemics ...
The New Yorker

Why Accurate Portrayals of Disease Onscreen Matter

At the 2025 New Yorker Festival, a panel of experts across media, medicine, and academia discussed The USC Annenberg ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized with neurodegenerative disease

Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized in Chicago for a neurodegenerative condition, the Rainbow ...