Notes from the Field: Emergency Department Visits for Unsupervised Pediatric Melatonin Ingestion - United States, 2019-2022

By definition, rare diseases affect a small number of individuals (fewer than 1 in 2000 people in any WHO region); yet, with more than 7000 types of rare disease in existence, the burden worldwide is not insignificant. To date, approximately 300 million people live with rare diseases. Such individuals are often a neglected and marginalised group, especially those in low-income and middle-income co