Health Related Consequences Of The US Shutdown
I’ve been looking for at least one for a while. This wasn’t the one I expected to find.
Cancer drug trials on hold
The National Institutes of Health will turn away roughly 200 patients each week from its clinical research centre in Maryland, including children with cancer, one of its directors has said.
Trials at the centre are usually for people who have tried other treatments without success. While existing treatments will continue, it will not take on new patients until Congress agrees a budget and government reopens.
Other trials have also been affected. In Massachusetts, father-of-three Leo Finn, who has a rare bile duct cancer, was told a clinical trial he was due to start next week had been put on hold.
The reason, he was told, was that the trial was unable to be correctly registered during the shutdown – but late on Thursday he was relieved to hear that the Food and Drug Administration had found a solution.
Are you in America? Are you, or is the person you care for, sick or disabled? How is the shutdown affecting this?
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