In September 2020, the Mariner published a two-part series on PANDAS/PANS and the grassroots effort led by Massachusetts families to raise awareness and increase access to treatment for the ...

The Georgetown University Medical Center, in collaboration with the Alex Manfull Fund, which funds research on postinfection neuroimmune disorders, announced the launch of the new PANDAS/PANS ...

Like other parents who send their children to daycare, Jessica Gowen chalked up her kids’ frequent illnesses to sickness circulating in that environment. “That should have been a red flag that ...

Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) -- along with the related pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) -- may be a ...

Nine-year-old Jack Stackpoole, who was diagnosed with autism at age 3, developed a host of new symptoms — severe tics, an aversion to eating and picking at himself until he bled — after getting sick ...

Sometimes, the children will develop serious behavioral issues like tics and obsessive compulsive disorder out of the blue. They’ll express a sudden, debilitating fear of being alone or crossing water ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A new bill that would require TennCare cover treatment for Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome or PANS is making its way through the Senate after a similar bill ...

San Jose native Len Ramirez has been a news reporter for KPIX 5 News covering the Santa Clara County/South Bay Region since 1989. Prior to his arrival at KPIX 5, Len was a reporter for KOMO Channel 4 ...

On Thursday, Oct. 9, the Zion's Bank building in downtown Boise was lit up green for a very special reason. It was PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day. October is also PANS/PANDAS Awareness Month. PANS and ...

On Thursday, Oct. 9, the Millennium Carillon in Naperville will light up green in honor of World PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day, joining a global movement to raise awareness of these serious neuroimmune ...