The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is Providing Financial Support for Patient-Centered Rare Disease Research
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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is Providing Financial Support for Patient-Centered Rare Disease Research

 In 2003 Ricky Safer was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Her doctors were not able to tell her much about the origin of her disease. Nor were they able…

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Students Cheer on Peer with Chromosome 2q24 Microdeletion Syndrome as He Heads to a Special Olympics Competition
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Students Cheer on Peer with Chromosome 2q24 Microdeletion Syndrome as He Heads to a Special Olympics Competition

When Alexander Barron (9) was first born, doctors told his parents that he would likely never walk. In fact, said doctors, Alexander would probably not be very independent at all…

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Rare Community Profiles: How Dixie Commits to Supporting her Son and the MSMDS Community
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Rare Community Profiles: How Dixie Commits to Supporting her Son and the MSMDS Community

Rare Community Profiles     Rare Community Profiles is a new Patient Worthy article series of long-form interviews featuring various stakeholders in the rare disease community, such as patients, their…

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ICYMI: Pancreatic and Thyroid Cancer Coverage Now Provided for Ontario Firefighters
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ICYMI: Pancreatic and Thyroid Cancer Coverage Now Provided for Ontario Firefighters

  The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) shared in March 2023 that firefighters in Ontario would now have presumptive pancreatic cancer and thyroid cancer coverage. Presumptive coverage means that…

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