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Spectrum News 1: Over $1.9M will support Kentucky childhood cancer patients
| May 28, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than $1.9 million in grants will go to supporting childhood cancer patients and their families, according to a news release from Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.
The governor also signed proclamations recognizing Brain Cancer Awareness Month, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day and the fifth annual David Turner Jr. Ice Cream Day, the news release said.
“All Kentucky kids deserve to grow up healthy and happy. And no parent whose child is facing cancer should have to worry that they might lose their home because of overwhelming medical expenses,” Beshear said. “Today, many leaders in D.C. are sitting back and threatening to leave millions of folks without health insurance. But we are standing up to make sure our children get the treatment they need to save their lives.”
According to the National Cancer Institute, childhood cancer is the number one cause of death by disease in U.S. children.
