May 26, 2021 Tick bite lands boy in ICU with Rocky Mountain spotted fever diagnosis, mom says With warm weather hitting much of the U.S. recently a Minnesota family is speaking out about the dangers of tick bites after their 1-year-old son was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and spent a week sedated in intensive care.
May 13, 2021 Mucormycosis reported in India's coronavirus patients: What to know about 'black fungus' infection Doctors in India are reporting cases of mucormycosis or “black fungus,” a serious but rare fungal infection, in some of the country’s coronavirus patients.
April 30, 2021 Ultra-expensive medicine a desperate need for thousands of babies around the world many of parents of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare motor neuron disease. Between one in 6,000 and 10,000 children born have the disorder in some form. More than two-thirds of diagnosed with the most common and serious derivation, SMA1, die before the age of 2, if left untreated — and treatment is complex. A new miracle gene therapy called Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine in the world.
March 31, 2021 Mysterious brain disease 'cluster' under investigation in Canada Officials in Canada are racing to find the cause of a mysterious brain disease that has afflicted more than 40 people in the New Brunswick province, according to news reports.
February 15, 2021 California boy with cystic fibrosis also battling coronavirus: ‘He doesn’t let anything get him down’ A young California boy who was born with cystic fibrosis is battling a COVID-19 infection, his mother said.
November 12, 2020 Newborn's rare diagnosis amid coronavirus a double whammy for Massachusetts family A new mom recounts learning of her son's rare diagnosis just days after giving birth at the start of coronavirus lockdowns.
November 5, 2020 Rare strain of swine flu reported in human in Canada: officials A rare strain of swine flu was reported in a human in the Canadian province of Alberta, health officials there announced this week.
November 3, 2020 Colorado hiker with coronavirus-like symptoms found to have rare, possibly life-threatening disease A Colorado woman who had symptoms of the novel coronavirus was later found to have a rare disease.
July 5, 2020 Rare brain-eating amoeba infection confirmed in Florida, health officials say A person in Florida has been infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-eating amoeba, according to health officials.
March 25, 2020 Hantavirus kills man in coronavirus-hit China, 32 others tested, report says The man, from Yunnan Province, was reportedly in transit to Shandong Province for work at the time of his death.