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Guest Post: Giving a Face to Childhood Cancer Action Day

... research funding and has seen firsthand the impact this advocacy work has had on me. She finds it exciting that we’re speaking up for those we care about and can give a voice to those who may not have one.  That’s why it was so important to us to be in Washington, D.C. to join more than ... Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) to advocate for increased funding for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for ask for their support of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment Access and Research (STAR) Act which would advance ...

Guest Post: Sharing My Story on Behalf of All Childhood Cancer Survivors

... and ask them to fund cancer research and the Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act, as well as support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). Currently, scientists and researchers are on the verge of discovering new childhood cancer ... it is to fund cancer research, which is why I asked lawmakers to provide $41.58 billion in research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, adequate funding is needed to implement programs created by the STAR Act, which will continue to research childhood ...

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