When he was 15 years old, doctors diagnosed Kurt Weiss with osteosarcoma of his shin bone, a rare childhood cancer that affects one in a million. Now, saving lives has become his lifes work. Hes now Dr. Kurt Weiss, and when hes not meeting patients in the hospital, hes in his Hillman Cancer Center lab.
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Dr. Kurt Weiss is hopeful his story will give hope to patients, and his research will make a difference, which has been his goal since hearing he was cancer free 32 years ago.
Cannon revealed the tattoo, which depicts his son as an angel, on his talk show on Friday, saying it was “a lot of pain, but it was so well worth it.”
The Jay Fund helps families with household expenses and financial planning and helps find ways to make life a little brighter during a difficult fight.
Documents show sellers of medicinal marijuana in New Jersey were racking up alleged violations for two years, yet won approvals to enter the recreational market anyway. Exclusive documents obtained by Bloomberg under New Jerseys Open Public Records Act reveal the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission issued more than 50 citations to seven companies from January 2020 to mid-April 2022.
Tickets are no longer available for the 2023 St. Jude Dream Home, after 15,000 tickets were sold.
Dozens of Valley kids celebrated a major milestone on Sunday. They’re all cancer survivors and all are cancer free. FOX 10’s Marissa Sarbak has the story.
The results are in and people can watch live tonight and see who won this year’s Dream Home Giveaway.
Saturday kicks off the foundation’s national fundraising event Alexs Lemonade Days.
Mari Galiher joins us to talk story about her experience being a childhood cancer survivor.
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If you came down with a respiratory infection in the spring and it wasn’t influenza (flu), COVID-19 or RSV, it may have been a virus you’ve never heard of. That’s because cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, surged across the U.S. in March 2023. Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital, explains the symptoms of HMPV and when it can cause serious complications, as well as how it is transmitted and treated. Learn more about HMPV: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/a-little-known-respiratory-virus-hmpv-surged-this-spring-what-you-need-to-know/2023/06 Kids Considered podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM7qvIv8N9Rtl7F3ziKi_A-dm0eKSvQBt UC Davis Children's Hospital: https://children.ucdavis.edu See the latest news from UC Davis Health: https://health.ucdavis.edu/newsroom #hmpv #ucdavis