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“It’s been in the last couple of decades — particularly with children treated with brain tumors — that the survival rates have improved so much. And the focus is now not only just on a cure, but also on quality of life after,” said the study’s lead researcher.
St. Jude Heroes have raised more than $100 million since the event started in 2002. The goal for 2023 is to raise $15 million to help St. Jude advance its six-year, $12.9 billion strategic plan, which includes tripling its global investment to annually help more children with cancer from across the globe.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s $13 billion campus expansion, the largest in its history, is progressing.
The marathon, the single largest fundraising event for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, is set for Saturday, Dec. 3. Memphians should be prepared for road closures throughout the Downtown and Midtown areas.
For 10 years, FedEx has named an airplane after a St. Jude kid. But the best part of the story? It’s what has happened since.Related story:
A former Memphian just won more than half a million dollars at the World Series of Poker. But the best part of his story? He’s alive because of St. Jude.
“LIV Golf exists to whitewash murder and human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. The FedEx St. Jude Championship raises money for St. Jude. Which side do you want to support? This really isn’t hard.”
Seventeen thousand runners, including cancer survivors and some running in memory of loved ones, were part of the throng trotting through Downtown and Midtown streets.
In 2002, an AutoZone employee new to Memphis began running for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — and he’s never stopped.
It is looking for young people to be part of control groups in clinical trials looking at the affects of inflammation.
The SpaceX capsule parachuted into the ocean Saturday, not far from where the flight began three days earlier. The all-amateur crew included a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital physician assistant.
At 7:02:56 Central Time Wednesday, a 29-year-old Memphian named Hayley Arceneaux rocketed Memphis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital into space.
Hayley Arceneaux — a former St. Jude patient who now works as a physician assistant at the hospital — is poised to become the youngest person to ever orbit the Earth when Inspiration4 rockets into space Wednesday. Arceneaux says that representing St. Jude patients on the mission is “the biggest honor of my life.”
20% of children in global cancer registry developed serious disease; in 4% of cases, COVID was fatal.
“Debate is healthy, but not when the debate is about wearing a mask that can decrease the chance of children contracting COVID-19,” Dr. James Downing said.
Employees may receive the vaccine on the St. Jude campus. Those who received it off campus are to submit verification to the hospital before returning to work.
Rates of HPV vaccination dropped 75% early in pandemic; experts say the lull leaves adolescents vulnerable to future cancers.
The manufacturing and sales operation, which aims hire up to 400 Memphians, has partnered with Memphis Medical District Collaborative’s Buy Local program and also TNEX, a minority-owned business formed to promote local manufacturing, sales and contracting.
The Watts became a St. Jude family in 2018 when their daughter, now 4 years old, was diagnosed with brain cancer.
The mission is expected to raise $200 million for the hospital.
Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old physician assistant at the hospital and former St. Jude patient, will be one of four crew members on the Inspiration4 mission later this year.
St. Jude recruited Dr. Nienhuis from the National Institutes of Health in 1993.
Dr. Joseph V. Simone, a clinician who helped lead the first curative treatment for childhood leukemia, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at the age of 85.
Jonah McCoy, 8, is a patient at St. Jude. He could teach us a thing or two.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will offer a testing site for the Phase 3 clinical trial and are seeking 500 participants.