Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Autoimmune Disease

Teen's year-long case of depression and seizures caused by brain-injuring autoimmune disease

After she'd spent a year experiencing unusual mood and behavioral symptoms, doctors discovered the teen's brain was being attacked by her own cells.

LiveScience

Study reveals hidden mental health symptoms in people with autoimmune diseases

Experts are calling for urgent mental health support for autoimmune disease patients.

The Independent UK

Cheaper competition for Humira is hitting the market, but savings will depend on your insurance

Patients who take the autoimmune disease treatment Humira may see some price relief when several lower-cost, biosimilar versions of the AbbVie drug reach the U.S. market in July

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Schoolgirl rushed to hospital after mass discovered during routine trip to dentist

Millie Kelly, 11, was rushed to hospital after a visit to the dentist where doctors discovered she had an an autoimmune disease causing inflammation of the bone

Daily Mirror

Multiple sclerosis: new evidence for the role of glandular fever virus

New evidence sheds light on the role of glandular fever virus in causing multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease.

The Hindu

Multiple sclerosis: new evidence for the role of glandular fever virus

An estimated 2.8 million people around the world have multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system damages the brain and spinal cord.

The Conversation

Diseases that may make your voice change - and what symptoms you should look out for

Sometimes changes to the way you sound can be an indication of wider health issues including acid reflux, autoimmune disease and Parkinson's, discovers Natasha Holt

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Catching COVID may increase chances of developing an autoimmune disease, study says

A coronavirus infection may make it more likely for someone without an autoimmune disease to develop at least one in the months after the infection subsides, new research suggests.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Washington woman left in 'dark hole' after being diagnosed with crippling autoimmune disease turns to writing

Karen Quinn, 42, was left fearing for her life after being diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Chronicle Live

Comedian Bob Mortimer says he's not very healthy as body 'packs in'

The comedian, aged 63, is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis - and is also taking steroids for the autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints.

Nottingham Post

Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in $26.4B deal

Horizon Therapeutics, whose U.S. headquarters is in Deerfield, is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on treatments for rare, autoimmune diseases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Young Scottish mum with rare kidney failure terrified her kids will be orphaned

Kerry Brown has issued an appeal for people to become live kidney donors after she has been left with just four per cent kidney function due to the extremely rare autoimmune disease called Goodpasture syndrome

Edinburgh Live

Young widow terrified children will be left orphans pleads for Scots to become live kidney donors

Mum-of-three Kerry Brown, 36, was super fit before going into complete kidney failure after being diagnosed with an extremely rare autoimmune disease called Goodpasture syndrome.

Daily Record

A Place in the Sun's Laura Hamilton hides bruises due to rare illness

The Channel 4 presenter is covered in bruises due to an autoimmune disease

Liverpool Echo

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Inverse

Some autoimmune diseases may protect against Covid-19

In a new study, scientists are trying to unravel what components of the immune system may confer an advantage to combatting the novel virus.

The Independent UK

Christina Applegate recalls symptoms of multiple sclerosis she overlooked before diagnosis

Actor, who was diagnosed with autoimmune disease in 2021, says: ‘I wish I had paid attention’

The Independent UK

Christina Applegate recalls symptoms of multiple sclerosis she overlooked before diagnosis

Actor, who was diagnosed with autoimmune disease in 2021, says: ‘I wish I had paid attention’

Wales Online

I caught Covid nursing on the frontline and now I have less than a fifty per cent chance of being alive in 20 years

Piers Meynell switched careers to become a trainee nurse, then the pandemic hit and his exposure to the virus is thought to have caused him to develop a rare autoimmune disease

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Treatment offers new hope for lupus – and maybe for other autoimmune diseases too

When real patients have unprecedented positive outcomes to a new treatment, it’s tempting to talk about it as “breakthrough” for medical science. This describes the excitement around a new report from researchers in Germany of a radical new treatment for lupus.

Wales Online

Breakthrough gives hope to autoimmune disease sufferers

Possible treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis

The Guardian - UK

Scientists hail autoimmune disease therapy breakthrough

Study finds CAR T-cell treatment sends lupus into remission, raising hopes it could be used to treat diseases such as multiple sclerosis

ABC News

What is vasculitis? The illness that caused Ashton Kutcher to lose his sight and hearing

The That 70's show actor says he feels '"lucky to be alive" after contracting the rare autoimmune disease.

Tribune News Service

Ashton Kutcher ‘fully recovered’ from ‘super rare’ autoimmune disease that ‘knocked out’ his ability to hear, see

Ashton Kutcher is clarifying details about his battle with an autoimmune disease he said “knocked out” his ability to see and hear.

The Guardian - US

Ashton Kutcher ‘lucky to be alive’ after autoimmune disease left him blind and deaf

Actor says he was diagnosed with vasculitis two years ago but has recovered and the ordeal made him strong

Evening Standard

What is vasculitis? Symptoms and causes of the rare autoimmune disease that Ashton Kutcher had

The Two and a Half Men actor said he was “lucky to be alive”

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.