8 d. ago My rare disease was getting closer to a cure. RFK Jr could undermine that | Jameson Rich

The Trump administration’s funding cuts to the NIH could destroy a wave of approaching research breakthroughsSince Robert F Kennedy Jr assumed control of the US health department in February, with a mandate to “[lower] chronic disease rates and [end] childhood chronic disease”, he has moved quickly to remake the US’s federal health infrastructure. But the Trump administration’s actions on medical research are already threatening that goal – and could end medical progress in this country for good.Kennedy’s office oversees the National Institutes of Health, the control center of disease research in the United States. Kennedy’s agency has killed almost 800 active projects, according to Nature, affecting medical research into HIV/Aids, diabetes, women’s health, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and more. The administration wants to cut the NIH’s budget up to 40% while consolidating its 27 agencies – separated by disease area – into just eight. Elon Musk’s Doge has been reviewing previo...

Politics

1 week ago New drug could offer hope for people with incurable condition

A drug that is currently used for cancer could be the key in treating a disease that has no cure, and a life expectancy of just three to five years

Events

2 w. ago Terrifying moment man runs for his life from rampaging polar bear after his desperate attempt to shoot the beast failed

Residents of the tiny village of Pyramiden had been trying to scare off bears after one had been spotted sniffing around residents' snowmobiles.

Events

3 w. ago Inside tiny village where residents are 20x more likely to catch horror disease there's no cure for

Montchavin, a ski resort in the French Alps with a population of around 200, has seen an alarming cluster of the fatal motor neurone disease (MND) - with around one in ten people diagnosed

Events

3 w. ago 'My disease puts my life at risk but I don't receive the healthcare I deserve'

Following a breakthrough 'cure' for sickle cell disease being approved on the NHS, the Mirror sat down with four British people living with the condition to hear their personal stories, with powerful first-hand accounts shedding light on the realities of living with the life-threatening disease

Events

last month Rugby legend Kenny Logan prepares for endurance challenge in memory of Doddie Weir

Logan has pledged to "keep going" until a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) is found.

Events