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My son’s cystic fibrosis diagnosis blindsided me after negative prenatal screening. More effective genetic testing would have given my family the chance to prepare.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation would like to thank New York Giants placekicker Josh Brown and Tommy Bahama for their efforts in supporting the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. New York Giants ...
Living with cystic fibrosis while facing homelessness has tested me in every way. However, through it all, I’ve found strength, purpose, and the unshakable belief that I must keep going — for myself ...
Grief is just one of the many emotions we all experience in life that makes us human. It is not linear. Some days you may feel like the world is caving in around you, while other days the weight is ...
Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation released the following statement in response to the decision by Vertex Pharmaceuticals to decrease copay assistance for people with cystic fibrosis: The Cystic ...
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation recently announced that there are almost 40,000 people living with CF in the United States. Not only are there more of us with CF, but we are now living longer. Based on ...
Food insecurity is a long-standing problem in America. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), food-insecure households are those with “limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” ...
New data show positive results in individuals with a single F508del mutation as well as people with two copies of F508del and support continued development of triple combination therapies. Promising ...
Today, there are close to 40,000 people in the United States with CF due in large part to more people living longer into adulthood, signaling a shift in what it means to live with CF in the modern era ...
A new CFTR modulator treatment called Alyftrek has been approved for people with CF ages 6 and older who have CFTR mutations that are eligible for Trikafta, as well as 31 other rare mutations that ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today expanded its approval of three CFTR modulators to include additional people with CF who have certain rare mutations. The approval enables more than ...