Should Parkinson's Be Capitalized?

AP Style

AP Style
In AP style, the period and the comma always go within the quotation marks. The dash, semicolon, colon, question mark and exclamation point go within the quotation marks when they apply to the quoted matter only. They go outside when they apply to the whole sentence.
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tip: Capitalize a disease known by name of person or geographical area: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Ebola virus.

Which diseases are capitalized?

In general, do not capitalize the names of diseases, disorders, therapies, treatments, theories, concepts, hypotheses, principles, models, and statistical procedures.

Should medications be capitalized?

Pharmaceutical drug brand names, if used, should be written with a capital letter, but international standard drug names should not be capitalized. ... The genus name starts with an upper-case letter, and the species name is all lower case. Both are italicized.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.