Credit: Getty Images Some rare psychological disorders may occur so infrequently that most mental health professionals might never encounter them. Approximately 1 of every 5 adults in the United ...

"It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure. Caused by a tiny fluke of nature—a mutation in a gene known as a SYNGAP1—the non ...

Developmental prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness, affects every aspect of daily life, leaving many patients unable to pick out even their closest relatives in ordinary encounters, new ...

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland explains how her company screens babies’ DNA for mutations that cause thousands of treatable ...

The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR is promising to revolutionize medicine. Some researchers are trying to help make it available for people with very rare genetic disorders. A gene-editing ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed a new process to streamline the approval of drugs targeting rare diseases with very small patient populations, including cases supported by ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged in office to make Americans healthier, with a specific focus on reducing health burdens among children. But his department this ...

A woman with a rare neurological disorder experiences a bizarre visual distortion that makes human faces appear dragon-like.