Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Terry Wright was 54 when he finally understood why he'd been in pain most of his life. His diagnosis with cystic fibrosis, an ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is leading an awareness campaign that aims to reduce missed or delayed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis after newborn screening, especially in ...

May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. I talked to an expert -- Dr. Stephanie Duggins Davis, a pediatric pulmonologist, chair of the UNC Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief of UNC ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black/African American and Asian infants are often diagnosed with cystic fibrosis later than white infants. A ...

Cystic fibrosis is a crippling disease, and anybody of any ethnicity can get it. But for Black people and people of color, it often gets overlooked or misdiagnosed. Rachel Alder has lived it for ...

Universal screenings for the inherited disease promised to get babies diagnosed and treated sooner. But they still miss some children of color. By Liz Szabo By the time Rena Barrow-Wells gave birth to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infants with a late diagnosis for cystic fibrosis were more likely to be behind in their weight and height at 1 ...

Twenty years ago, cystic fibrosis wasn’t a household term for me. Today, cystic fibrosis — a genetic disorder that causes a buildup of thick, sticky mucus that can damage organs, especially the lungs ...

Researchers call for better newborn screens across the U.S. Cystic fibrosis is missed more often in newborn screenings for non-white than white babies, creating higher risk for irreversible lung ...

Doctors always said allergies and asthma were behind Laura Mentch's repeated lung and sinus infections. Only when she turned 50 did she discover the real culprit — a disease notorious for destroying ...

After false starts and incremental gains, scientists crack the problem that made breathing impossible. Will answers come fast ...