Hope grows for pancreatic cancer patients
Pancreatic cancer survivor Annette Wiggins is organzing a gospel concert at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Olive Branch in September to raise awareness of the disease. “It’s a blessing and a privilege to be able to share with people my experience with pancreatic cancer and to help ease minds.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Pancreatic cancer affects Black Americans at a rate higher than that of any other population.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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