The Department of Veterans Affairs has reinstated a near-total ban on abortion services for veterans and their dependents after new guidance from the Justice Department concluded that the agency lacks ...

The Veterans Affairs Department is reimposing a near total ban on abortions for veterans and their families after a Justice Department memo from the Office of Legal Counsel last week asserted that ...

This year marked a pivotal moment in the quest to treat Huntington’s disease, a rare but devastating form of dementia. Scientists found that an experimental gene therapy slowed the condition’s ...

Dec. 22 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include: -- Musician Giacomo Puccini in 1858 -- First lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson in 1912 File Photo by Bob ...

KJ Muldoon is walking at home ahead of Christmas after being hospitalized last holiday due to his rare genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency Getty KJ Muldoon, the first infant to undergo gene-editing ...

A baby born with a rare and life-threatening genetic disorder has taken his first steps after receiving a groundbreaking, personalized gene editing treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. KJ ...

KJ Muldoon received a groundbreaking new treatment earlier this year. The baby saved from a rare disease by a first-ever personalized gene fix has reached a big milestone, taking his first steps ahead ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A miracle baby who was treated with a pioneering gene-therapy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has reached a major milestone as he took his first steps. KJ Muldoon was the ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

The FDA has issued its stamp of approval to a new, cell-based option to treat Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), marking the first therapy of its kind for the rare disease and making Italy’s Fondazione ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. The Food and Drug Administration this week granted approval to a new gene ...