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Children at New Mexico’s Cannon Air Force Base were no more likely to be diagnosed with brain cancer in recent years than other kids across the country, an Air Force-run study has concluded. Still, researchers found that children affiliated with Cannon were diagnosed...

Twenty-five years ago, an unimaginable tragedy rocked the suburban community of Littleton, Colo. — and the nation. On April 20, 1999, students and staff arrived at Columbine High School for what they believed was just another school day. But what would happen later...

At just seven months, Evelyn Tuckerman was diagnosed with an extremely rare and aggressive form of bone cancer called Ewing sarcoma. The disease usually affects teenage boys and is most commonly found in a limb. It is so aggressive that doctors usually decide to...

BALTIMORE — Get on your bike - get set - and go! It's a fun ride for kids while also fighting pediatric cancer. "I'm riding my bike to raise money for Johns Hopkins children who are sick and it makes me feel good," Hadley Sprouse said. Sprouse was 1 of 150 children...

The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation and two other foundations recently joined forces to inspire "superhero" pediatric cancer patients, survivors and their siblings. The Jay Fund, the Tyler Robinson Foundation and the V Foundation for Cancer Research led a survey to...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Hudson Valley Community College Nursing Club sponsored a carnival-themed St. Baldrick’s event for cancer research. Until 4 p.m. on Saturday, they’re trying to raise five figures or more for pediatric cancer. Get the latest news, weather,...

By age 45, more than 80 per cent of childhood cancer survivors will grapple with serious or life-threatening effects stemming from their treatments. These repercussions range from heart disease to colorectal and breast cancer, according to a recent Canadian study. The...

A Lehigh Valley nurse and her former patient are back together again, but this time, they are both taking care of those who need them. It's a full circle moment at Lehigh Valley Health Network. Olivia Radcliffe was just 10 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare...

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 25, 2024) Medulloblastoma (the most common malignant childhood brain tumor) is separated into four molecular groups, with Group 3 bearing the worst prognosis. By studying EP300 and CBP, critical proteins in Group 3 medulloblastoma cells,...

Top Advisors at the Forbes|SHOOK Top Advisor Summit in Las Vegas donated $1.5 million to fund a potentially lifesaving treatment for kids with one of the deadliest forms of cancer: relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma. Kids with relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma face a...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A unique music program at Texas Children's Hospital is helping children with cancer and blood disorders tell their stories through music. Purple Songs Can Fly is the first recording studio ever created on a pediatric cancer floor. The studio gives...

On International Childhood Cancer Day 2024, we highlight the vital role of parents, as well as family doctors and paediatricians, in the early detection of childhood cancers. No one is more ready to invest in their children’s well-being than parents. By getting to...

Amid the sounds of trimmers and cheers, 13 people volunteered to have their heads shaved Feb. 23 to raise money for St. Baldrick’s Foundation to help fund pediatric cancer research. (Photos: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)As clippers buzzed, locks of hair fell to the floor at the...

UofL students took to the dance floor to “Fight Like a Kid” for the 11th annual raiseRED dance marathon, coming out victorious by raising more than a half-million dollars to support pediatric cancer research and patient services. The 18-hour event is the university’s...

We’re on the cusp of March Madness, with the NCAA men’s basketball tournament kicking off today in Dayton, Ohio, and millions of people hurriedly completing their brackets before the whistle blows. Here in Sarasota, there’s another piece of college hoops action taking...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — 10 years after winning his battle with leukemia, Pepper Vigil is using his experience to help children and teens fight that same fight. It all started one day at practice. Vigil thought he sprained his knee. “But I was in so much pain that I...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) -To see the very precocious nine-year-old, Nikolas Pakkidis, you’d never know that he’s already fought the battle of his life. “I wouldn’t eat. I wouldn’t drink. I wouldn’t do anything. I was nauseous all the time, and it got to the point, where...

As Aracilis Castillio watched her son gasping for air, she steeled herself for what was to come. She hoped what was troubling her boy, 10-year-old Luis Yireh Cancel-Castillo, was something simple like fatigue. But when she and her husband, Luis Cancel, rushed him to a...

HOUSTON – For many bakeries in town, the King Cake is the most popular item at this time of year. At Common Bond, the King Cake isn’t just a Mardi Gras staple, it’s also a way to spread happiness and pay it forward. For the fourth year in a row, Common Bond is...

Okla. — While country music singer and songwriter Toby Keith was a known as a country music star, he also had a huge heart for children with cancer. Keith died at 62 after a three year battle with stomach cancer on Monday. On Tuesday, FOX23 spoke with the Executive...

Celebrities, royals, and generous donors from around the world gathered in Aspen over the weekend, but not just to hit the slopes: they were also in town for the 2nd Annual Aspen Snow Ball Gala. Held at the St. Regis Aspen Resort, the lavish event—which was put...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Tulsa’s Gathering Place, in partnership with the Scott Carter Foundation, invites the Tulsa community to see a nearly 300-piece collection of autographed sports memorabilia. You can find autographed jerseys, balls, bats, and boxing gloves, from...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Author Brianna Bullion spoke with Danielle Banda about her recent book, “S’mores the Orphan Kitty”. “God placed on my heart to donate a portion of all of my sales to The Cure Starts Now cancer foundation, which funds pediatric cancer...

One of the most prestigious pediatric cancer foundations in the U.S. has awarded a grant to a Medical University of South Carolina researcher to continue her pursuit of the causes of medulloblastoma relapse. Jezabel Rodriguez Blanco, Ph.D., who has a dual appointment...

Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- - Hyundai Hope on Wheels to Donate $100,000 Total to Georgetown Lombardi and Children’s National to Fund Pediatric Cancer Research Six Contestants Total from Georgetown Lombardi and Children’s National Competing for...

LANCASTER, N.Y. (WKBW) — Each year neighbors in Lancaster, known as "Stony Brook Legendary Lights," come together to decorate their homes with holiday lights and decorations for a good cause. More than 300 homes were lit up this holiday season and donations were...

Emily Bhatnagar remembered what had coursed through her mind the first time she donated books to her local children’s hospital: “What if the kids don’t like books? We live in a digital age after all. What if they don’t like me?” She was ecstatic to have been proved...

A recurring concert that has happened around New Year’s Eve for the last decade in Charleston has raised almost $500,000 for pediatric cancer research at MUSC. The Blue Dogs’ Homecoming Concert, which this year will take place at 8 p.m. on Dec. 29 at the Charleston...

ATLANTA - Visiting the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, to have the IV medication in his backpack switched out, it is easy to see why neighbors of Nick Colley have nicknamed the 10-year-old "the mayor" of...

DEPEW, N.Y. — It's a week before Christmas and in Depew, the Adopt-A-Family program gave gifts to several families. "I think they're wonderful. This is my second year, and they are amazing people," says Grandmother Kelly Rosenberger. Rosenberger is picking up presents...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Joseph and Marisa DiMartino, famous for their “Lights For Life” Christmas display and Staten Island University Hospital teamed up for the Pediatric Cancer Center’s “Day of Surprises” which included Santa making a special visit to 9-year-old...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Greg Martin Jr. began drawing on windows in the pediatric cancer unit at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor when his son, Owen, requested he draw Bart Simpson on his window in June. Little did they know, the 16-year-old's...

Since its inception in 2007, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship has been a springboard for the careers of many professional golfers, but its significance extends well beyond the greens at The Ohio State University Golf Club—Scarlet Course. This premier...

In 2019, a few months after vials of the chemotherapy drug methotrexate left Naprod Life Science’s facility in India, doctors at more than a dozen clinics around Colombia began reporting that patients treated with the drug were developing high fevers and other...

OnCue raised $367,000 during its annual St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital promotion. To launch this year’s fundraiser, OnCue welcomed St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient Alexander and his mother Jillian to a meeting of all store managers to hear their...

OTTUMWA, Iowa — A southeast Iowa man completed an ultra-marathon from Oskaloosa to Ottumwa and back in the same day. This marathon aims to spread awareness about childhood cancer and raise money for research. Keven Hempel, of Oskaloosa, started his run Saturday with a...

A night to block out the noise from the outside world and instead welcome in some joy. "They're able to celebrate with us for one night to kind of be just regular kids, enjoy the night, dance, eat, have fun," said Brady Reinert with Ava's Army. Twenty families...

Keven Hempel is a Californian that works here in southeast Iowa. He owns and operates the Beacon of Hope in Oskaloosa. That will be the starting point for Keven’s run. Hempel is running 60 miles from Oskaloosa to Ottumwa and back! He is running to raise money for...

Local Pickleballers in Lake Wylie hosted a fundraiser to join the fight against pediatric cancer. On Saturday, the Pickleballers of Lake Wylie held the first annual Hope Always Wins benefit. Channel 9′s Meteorologist Wayne Mahar, a member of the Pickleball group, was...

Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday. Childhood cancers are rare and treatments...

UNSW Sydney Conjoint Professor Michelle Haber has been honoured for outstanding contributions to childhood cancer research with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at CEO Magazine’s Executive of the Year Awards. World-renowned scientist Prof. Haber has...

The rate of child and teen cancer deaths in the U.S. fell 24% from 2001 to 2021, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report looked at death rates for Black, Hispanic and non-Hispanic white youths up to 19...

At 6-foot-5 and seemingly carved out of granite, Erik Gudbranson is about as imposing a defender as there is in the National Hockey League, but not to Riley Salett. The 8-year-old girl battling cancer had no fear when it came to spending time with Gudbranson last...

As SMASHVILLE trades its usual gold and navy for hues of lavender during the first Hockey Fights Cancer game of the season on Saturday, there will also be cause to recognize a significant milestone for the Nashville Predators organization. Raising millions of dollars...

FOXBORO – New England Revolution are doing their part to bring attention to childhood cancer. During warmups Saturday night, players wore shirts that featured the name of local pediatric cancer patients. After the match, players signed the jerseys for delivery to...

Every October, the Friends of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation (AACR) holds its Party with a Purpose Gala in Philadelphia with the aim of raising funds for cancer research. Each year the event committee selects a specific type of cancer to focus...

In the United States, the population of childhood cancer survivors is increasing, with an overall childhood cancer survival rate greater than 85 percent five years after diagnosis. However, survivors remain at increased risk of various health conditions, including...

Every year, an estimated 400 000 children worldwide develop cancer – only half of whom are ever diagnosed. Most of them live in low- and middle-income countries and, at best, 30 per cent will be cured. The needless suffering that these children endure is compounded by...

Despite Biden administration efforts, children’s hospitals across the country report some chemotherapy drugs commonly used for leukemia and lymphoma are hard to find. Pediatric cancer doctors are sounding the alarm about a growing shortage of chemotherapy drugs for...

In Cleveland, some cyclists are honoring a man who dedicated his life to raising money for research, until he passed from the disease. Sean Strother, who died of a brain tumor in 2022, was part of the Great Cycle Challenge, a group of cyclists who fundraise for...