Zombies are the stuff of science fiction, right? Well, people who suffer from Cotard’s syndrome are convinced they are dead or, at the very least, their internal organs are failing. They may refuse to ...

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DAKAR, Senegal — Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter’s gravesite. “Mariama will always be here,” she said, stepping away from ...

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The decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a resolution to establish a global framework to support the diagnosis and management of rare diseases and promote research ...

The seven-year medical odyssey that once defined rare disease diagnosis is being rewritten by algorithms capable of identifying medical zebras in the time it takes to refresh your social media feed.