Ivermectin is not a proven treatment for hantavirus

The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin has been at the center of a sustained misinformation campaign by doctors who disagree with the scientific consensus that it is ineffective at treating Covid-19. With ...
University of California, Davis

Children with Rare, Debilitating Brain Diseases Suffer From Mutations in a Little-Known Protein Complex

Thousands of times per year, a family’s moment of joy turns to unexpected grief. A seemingly healthy infant stops smiling or ...

The unprecedented and deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, explained

An unprecedented outbreak of hantavirus has rocked a luxury cruise ship off the coast of West Africa, triggering a tsunami of ...

Is there a treatment for hantavirus?

Health officials in numerous countries are working to contain the spread of illnesses linked to a hantavirus outbreak traced ...

Is there a hantavirus vaccine? Cruise ship outbreak raises concern

The best way to prevent a hantavirus infection is to reduce contact with rodents, according to the World Health Organization.

Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update

The outbreak began in early April on a cruise ship. Now health authorities around the world are working to contain it. Here's ...
The Atlantic

A Cancer Treatment That Does More Than Scientists Thought

In desperation, the woman’s care team reached out to Müller, a hematologist-oncologist at the University Hospital of Erlangen, a roughly three-hour drive away by ambulance. In recent years, he and his ...
The New York Times

This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade

Dr. Coller directs the RNA Innovation Center at Johns Hopkins University. When KJ Muldoon was born in the summer of 2024, his parents were told he had a disease so rare, it strikes about one in 1.3 ...
CNBC

Every Cure’s drug repurposing strategy isn't what you think, and it could change rare disease treatment

Every Cure is using AI to seek new uses for the roughly 4,000 existing drugs, and cutting traditional preliminary research timelines from as much as 100 days to as little as 17 hours. Treatment for a ...
Business Wire

Prothena Partners Present Data Supporting Next Generation Treatments for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease at AD/PD™ 2026

This symposium reviewed the evolving understanding of the molecular pathophysiology and disease heterogeneity across Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Explored current and ...
People

Woman Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease at 2 Months Old Wakes Up with No Pain for the First Time in Her Life After New Treatment

Tatyana Thompson found a successful experimental treatment for the genetic condition at 30 years old Getty Tatyana Thompson was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when she was 2 months old and endured ...
Reuters

FDA official calls UniQure's Huntington's disease treatment a failure

FDA official labels UniQure's treatment a 'failed product' FDA says study design not appropriate for Huntington's disease Shares pare gains March 5 (Reuters) - A senior FDA official called UniQure's ...