British singer Jesy Nelson recently took to Instagram to share a devastating update about her 8-month-old twin daughters.

Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD) is a rare genetic condition that typically affects infants and children. It causes muscle weakness and breathing problems. Spinal muscular ...

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...

NBS programs are fairly new in the U.S., so not much is known about variations among them or about provider practice patterns for newborns with SMA. In a survey of providers and state NBS programs, ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease that severely weakens muscles and causes developmental delays. It affects one in 10,000 American babies in the U.S.

Spinal muscular atrophy is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an intriguing case study might demonstrate a simple new treatment, with a child showing no ...

Infants with spinal muscular atrophy often have profound swallowing deficits in the first year of life if not treated with disease-modifying therapies. A recent study examined the characteristics, ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease affecting specialized nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). It can ...

Jesy Nelson gave birth to her twin girls prematurely in May 2025 - now she's revealed her six-month-olds have been diagnosed with a life-changing illness ...

Panelists discuss how spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal recessive genetic disease affecting motor neurons with 3 currently approved disease-modifying therapies that restore SMN protein ...

Jesy Nelson of Little Mix fame has shared the news that her twin girls have been diagnosed with SMA Type 1, a genetic ...

Ex-Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson met Wes Streeting in Parliament to demand newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA ...