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Families push for state fund to finance pediatric cancer research and treatments
5463340 · July 14, 2025
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Parents of children who died of pediatric cancers and legislators urged creation of a state trust fund to support research, saying federal and private funding has not matched clinical need for childhood cancers.
Parents who lost children to pediatric cancers and lawmakers urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to support a proposal that would create a state trust fund to finance pediatric‑cancer research and treatment. Senator O'Connor, sponsor of Senate Bill 1602 and a co‑sponsor of the companion House measure, said the fund would be…
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