Jared Whitlock News Today

Half of all rare-disease patients are children, and their families have long pushed to speed up cures, usually by forming foundations that seed money for research. Now, some families are forming their own biotech businesses, acting as drug developers to find treatments for ultra-rare diseases.

This week our team published the beginning of a series documenting the devastating toll COVID-19 has taken on our community.

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