Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK but is rare in younger women. Women in their 20s accounted for only ...

Kennedy Ward was doing a feeding a group of stray cats in her local neighborhood when, in one moment, her life changed forever.

After losing his wife to cancer, golfer Corey Pereira is finding his way back to the game with a tribute to her.

The American Cancer Society says a man's average lifetime risk of getting breast cancer is 1 in 755. Jake Messier is among ...

A worker's death at a Russian institute puts pneumonic plague in focus, dementia cases set to double by 2050 and more.

Scientists have been warning for decades that rock climbing is harming species on a particular stretch of the Niagara Escarpment. The Ontario government officially sanctioned climbing there this year ...

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) announces a request for applications for the implementation of two new patient registries on its NORD® IAMRARE® platform. Funding is made available ...

Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active.

Patients, doctors and legislators spoke about the struggles of those with rare diseases.

Trey Robertson has long struggled with sickle cell but has tried not to let that slow him down — and he encourages others to ...

The gains of scientific advancements in treatment are shadowed by the cuts coming in Medicaid coverage at rare disease fair.