Autoimmune diseases are on the rise in the U.S., with as many as 50 million Americans affected. Learn what causes them—and which symptoms could help pinpoint your problem.

Another common feature: Patients with a number of autoimmune diseases, especially women, often suffer heart attacks and ...

This year, six countries have managed to eliminate the threat of at least one of the diseases on the WHO's list of "neglected tropical diseases." A global effort to stamp out certain undertreated ...

There's a new frontier in treating autoimmune diseases. Today's treatments tamp down the friendly fire but don't fix what's causing it. Now in dozens of studies, scientists are testing ways ...

It’s a disease of children living in extreme poverty. Its cause is uncertain. So is the number of children it affects. But soon, the devastating condition known as noma may be a bit less neglected.

The council partners with the CDC to develop the list, which includes more than 100 diseases, including those that are contagious as well as those that are not, like lead in blood. States don’t have ...

It's called noma and is a disease of poverty, striking mainly children. Most patients die. Survivors are badly disfigured. Now there's a campaign... It started out as malaria – or at least that's what ...