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Legislators and families seek state trust fund to boost pediatric cancer research
Summary
Lawmakers and bereaved families urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to advance bills creating a trust fund to support pediatric cancer research and care, arguing federal and pharmaceutical investment has lagged and survivors face long-term harms from treatments developed decades ago.
Legislators and families asked the Joint Committee on Public Health to create a state trust fund to support pediatric cancer research, care and treatment innovation, saying federal funding and commercial incentives have left childhood cancers underfunded and children reliant on outdated therapies.
"Cancer is the number one cause of death by disease in children in The United States," Sen. O'Connor said while introducing Senate Bill 16-02 and the companion House measure (H…
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