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Residents Tell Scott County Supervisors They Are Seeing a Spike in Pediatric Cancer Cases; Public Health Agencies Mobilize
Summary
Speakers at the Jan. 7 Scott County Board meeting urged supervisors to help families after residents and a local oncology nurse said the county has seen a cluster of pediatric cancers; the Virginia Department of Health and other agencies are convening an investigation and a public meeting was scheduled for Jan. 8 at Gate City Middle School.
At a Scott County Board of Supervisors meeting on Jan. 7, local residents urged elected officials to help families facing serious pediatric illnesses, saying public-health agencies are investigating what some called a possible cluster of childhood cancers.
Christina Hurd, who said she lives in District 2, told the board she and other residents are "disappointed" in county leadership and that "Scott County has had 12 new cases of childhood cancer within the last 2 years," a figure she said came from research by a local volunteer. Hurd asked supervisors to attend a community meeting scheduled for the next evening at Gate City…
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