Editor’s Note: To support Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, we are sharing the inspiring story of Zack and Farrel DeBaltzo, two individuals living with CF that chose to defy convention and pursue a romantic relationship, eventually getting married. Zack and Farrel are the founders of Team Debo, a social media project centered on their passion…
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive genetic disease that causes chronic lung infections and, over time, limits a person’s ability to breathe. More than 30,000 people in the United States are living with CF and about 1,000 new cases of CF are diagnosed every year. In 2006, a group of researchers based in Australia noticed that people who have…