Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare, genetic disease that damages the lungs, pancreas, and other vital organs, making it hard to breathe, digest food, and fight infections. Affecting about 40,000 people in ...

(via SciShow) For most of the time we've known about cystic fibrosis, it's been a death sentence. But in the last decade, there have been incredible breakthroughs in treatment options that mean most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jamie Roney was thrown into the world of cystic fibrosis when her daughter Desi was diagnosed at just 10 days old, changing her ...

Cystic fibrosis is a disease that affects thousands of people and their families and a new East Tennessee nonprofit is ...

For decades, the disease cystic fibrosis was inaccurately misdiagnosed to people of color. New research aims to address racial disparities in Cystic Fibrosis diagnoses and treatments. Conner Holmes ...

Their rare-disease journey was thrust into the national spotlight in 1993 with an iconic Sports Illustrated cover featuring New York Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason and his young son Gunnar, who was ...

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation hosts annual Great Strides walk Thousands of people across the U.S. are living with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that attacks parts of the body and turns simply ...

This event is a young professionals fundraising campaign supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s mission, to find a cure for CF and help all of those living with the disease, including many in the ...

Local events support cystic fibrosis research Kristi McAllister, the senior development director with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Hogan Reed, a peer-to-peer ambassador discuss an upcoming ...

Visitors to Wichita's Orpheum Theatre have long commented on the seating and not in a good way. Now, they can buy the seats, helping to pay for the new chairs that are coming. Americans have voted on ...