In Nunapitchuk, for example, water damage during the 2020 floods rendered several homes uninhabitable, forcing some displaced ...

Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

A cluster of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease cases have been reported out of Hood River County, Ore. The disease is caused by misfolded proteins, or prions, which are also the cause of a disease in deer ...

Eleanor Rivera receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is affiliated with the National Kidney Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs. For a disease afflicting 35.5 ...

Amid his ongoing battle with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Alan Jackson performed at the Grand Ole Opry's 100-year live concert celebration. Jackson was diagnosed with the disease in 2011 ...

Schouviller Wassillie Jr. won last year’s Akiak Dash, a short-distance race along the Kuskokwim River, and the 17-year-old used his winnings to buy high-pedigree sled dogs for $2,000 apiece from ...

The exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease has long evaded scientists, but experts typically suggest there are likely several factors (like genetics, environment, and lifestyle) that contribute to ...

More than 133 million Americans (40%) had at least one chronic disease in 2022, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Topping the list of chronic diseases ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made clear in testimony before the Senate this week that if confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, his focus would be on chronic diseases over infectious ones.

In 2022, more than 941,600 Americans died from cardiovascular disease. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart ...

Jan. 16, 2025 – The FDA has approved the drug Omvoh for treating adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease, a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease. This marks the second ...