Berns was the star of a popular documentary on progeria, a disease that accelerates aging. His parents, spurred by Sam's own illness, were... Sam Berns, the teen who became nationally known for his ...

The Progeria Research Foundation is hosting a fundraiser Thursday in memory of Sam Berns, the Foxboro resident who died in 2014 of the rapid-aging disease progeria. He was 17. Wormtown Brewery at ...

Sam Berns—a Foxborough High School student who succumbed to the rapid aging disease Progeria in 2014—was a fixture in the Boston sports world. Now, two years after his passing, the community he loved ...

Foxborough High School's class of 2015 is building a memorial garden to honor a classmate who died last year from complications of a rare genetic disease. Sam Berns, who had progeria, a disease marked ...

A Massachusetts community is coming together Tuesday to remember a young man who changed many lives just by facing his own health battle with so much courage.A funeral for 17-year-old Sam Berns is ...

Sam Berns, whose battle with a rare and fatal genetic condition that accelerates the aging process inspired the New England Patriots players and was the subject of an HBO documentary "Life According ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff who overcame resistance to reshape the Roman Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at 88. by The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - A teenager ...

Sam Berns -- the subject of the Oscar-shortlisted HBO documentary -- died as a result of complications from the extremely rare genetic condition progeria. By Scott Feinberg, The Associated Press Sam ...

Sam Berns, the teen who became nationally known for his fight against a disease that accelerates aging, died on Friday from complications of his disorder. As our friends at Shots explained back in ...

Sam Berns—a Foxborough High School student who succumbed to the rapid aging disease Progeria in 2014—was a fixture in the Boston sports world. Now, two years after his passing, the community he loved ...