Christian Avison, 9, reacts to hearing the voice of his favorite babysitter last week at his home in Polson. Avison was born with a rare genetic disorder called Jacobsen Syndrome, which has left the youngster with hearing loss, speech and language problems, and mental delays.
BENTONVILLE †Two people wearing gloves gently turned the giant pages of a 19thcentury book that was among the first in the United States to be mass-produced without having each illustration handsketched. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
A BIOTECHNOLOGY company that employs more than 400 people at its Waterford campus will mark European Rare Disease Day today with a balloon release into the city.
Having been alive for 52 years, Veronica Bruno was a little nervous about turning 13. Bruno, a Bogota resident, is one of those rare people born on Feb. 29, and Friday was her once-every-four-years chance to celebrate her birthday on her actual birthday.
Regulators on Wednesday approved a new drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to treat two rare inflammatory disorders. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Arcalyst for use in patients with diseases known as cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes that affect 300 people in the U.S.
The discovery of a bat on the grounds of League City Intermediate School last week illustrated a rarity in Galveston County. Though bats live in dark, sheltered places all across the county, human-bat contact is still quite rare, said Galveston County extension agent William Johnson.
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There is little disagreement about what needs to be done to make sure people with mental illnesses receive appropriate treatment without being treated like criminals.
There is little disagreement about what needs to be done to make sure people with mental illnesses receive appropriate treatment without being treated like criminals. Creating community-based treatment centers that would provide help as close to home
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