Shelby Lum
@shelbylum.bsky.social
Staff video journalist at AP health & science. Prev. making videos at the Boston Globe and the Richmond Times-Dispatch 📰🎥 Ohio State alum.
"I still have this question mark about what kind of person was I and am I that? Do I carry any of that forward with me? Was I a decent soul? You know, was I a good person? So that's hard."
Watch his story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSf...
Watch his story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSf...
Rare autoimmune disease attacked his brain and robbed him of his memories
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November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"I still have this question mark about what kind of person was I and am I that? Do I carry any of that forward with me? Was I a decent soul? You know, was I a good person? So that's hard."
Watch his story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSf...
Watch his story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSf...
“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain.
After his brain was attacked, he was robbed of decades of his memories -- now he questions who he was during those years he can't remember.
📸 David Goldman
After his brain was attacked, he was robbed of decades of his memories -- now he questions who he was during those years he can't remember.
📸 David Goldman
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain.
After his brain was attacked, he was robbed of decades of his memories -- now he questions who he was during those years he can't remember.
📸 David Goldman
After his brain was attacked, he was robbed of decades of his memories -- now he questions who he was during those years he can't remember.
📸 David Goldman
This is the final installment of AP's series on autoimmune diseases. Of all the ways our immune system can run amok autoimmune encephalitis is one of the most unfathomable. Seemingly healthy people abruptly spiral with confusion, memory loss, seizures, even psychosis. apnews.com/article/auto...
An autoimmune disease stole this man's memory. Here's how he's learning to cope
Sometimes our immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us “us” — the brain. It's called autoimmune encephalitis and it can appear out of the blue.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is the final installment of AP's series on autoimmune diseases. Of all the ways our immune system can run amok autoimmune encephalitis is one of the most unfathomable. Seemingly healthy people abruptly spiral with confusion, memory loss, seizures, even psychosis. apnews.com/article/auto...
More coverage on autoimmune diseases this week! It may sound surprising but diseases like lupus, myositis and some forms of arthritis don’t just strike adults. apnews.com/article/lupu...
Kids get diseases like lupus, too. As researchers hunt better treatments, this camp brings joy
It may sound surprising but kids can get diseases like lupus and arthritis, too, when their immune system mistakenly attacks their own body.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
More coverage on autoimmune diseases this week! It may sound surprising but diseases like lupus, myositis and some forms of arthritis don’t just strike adults. apnews.com/article/lupu...
CAR-T therapy was developed to wipe out hard-to-treat blood cancers. But it's also being tried in autoimmune diseases now. See how it works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsXa...
How CAR-T therapy is being used to battle autoimmune diseases
YouTube video by Associated Press
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November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
CAR-T therapy was developed to wipe out hard-to-treat blood cancers. But it's also being tried in autoimmune diseases now. See how it works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsXa...
Meet some of the disease detectives trying to unravel one of the body’s biggest mysteries
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PHOTO ESSAY: Scientists trying to unravel one of the body's biggest mysteries
A peek inside some leading research labs shows how scientists-turned-detectives are painstakingly decoding what causes autoimmune diseases and how to stop the immune system from attacking you instead ...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Meet some of the disease detectives trying to unravel one of the body’s biggest mysteries
apnews.com/photo-essay/...
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Autoimmune patients face a lifetime of pricey pills, shots or infusions with some serious side effects — and too often the drugs aren’t enough to keep their disease in check. But could this be a "new era" in treating autoimmune disease? apnews.com/article/auto...
Researchers try bold new approach in a race to better treat autoimmune diseases
There's a new frontier in treating autoimmune diseases. Today's treatments tamp down the friendly fire but don't fix what's causing it.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Autoimmune patients face a lifetime of pricey pills, shots or infusions with some serious side effects — and too often the drugs aren’t enough to keep their disease in check. But could this be a "new era" in treating autoimmune disease? apnews.com/article/auto...
Lupus is nicknamed the disease of 1,000 faces for its variety of symptoms — and Ruth's journey offers a snapshot of the dark side of the immune system. See the full video here:
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Inside job: When the body attacks itself
Ruth Wilson has lupus, nicknamed the disease of 1,000 faces for its variety of symptoms. Her journey offers a snapshot of the dark side of the immune system.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lupus is nicknamed the disease of 1,000 faces for its variety of symptoms — and Ruth's journey offers a snapshot of the dark side of the immune system. See the full video here:
apnews.com/video/inside...
apnews.com/video/inside...
Take Ruth for example. Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off her rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without answers. (Incredible photos from David Goldman.)
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Take Ruth for example. Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off her rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without answers. (Incredible photos from David Goldman.)
