Tick-borne diseases are emerging as a serious public health problem in the United States. Ticks transmit different infectious diseases including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and babesiosis. According to CDC, there is more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease reported each year in the U.S

NIH observed rare disease day on 28th February 2019 to build commitment in helping people with rare diseases through research at National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and Clinical Center (CC). NCATS selected eleven honorable mentions and three winners from nearly fifty

A research team, led by Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., chief of the Section on Genetics of Communication Disorders at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), conducted detailed genetic analyses on 1,300 adults. A genetic variant found only in people of African descent