NEWS & UPDATES
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His cherished accomplishment? “providing hope for families and letting them know that they're in one of the best places possible.”
07/07/2025
Pioneering breakthroughs in pediatric solid tumor research at St. Jude, Dr. Pappo's dedication to families and innovative science is helping transform lives worldwide.
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At St. Jude, Dr. Hiroto Inaba leans on his samurai roots to “fight” for the best outcomes for his patients
06/03/2025
The Japanese American physician has worked over two decades to improve survival in children with leukemia and lymphoma.
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St. Jude structural biology department focuses on understanding the molecular breakdowns that lead to disease
03/27/2025
Babis Kalodimos has never received a “no” from researchers invited to join the St. Jude structural biology team.
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Global vision: How St. Jude is helping transform pediatric cancer care
02/10/2025
From Barcelona to Memphis, Dr. Rodriguez-Galindo's journey to St. Jude in 1994 marked the start of a career dedicated to curing childhood cancer globally.
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St. Jude expands work in catastrophic diseases to pediatric epilepsy
01/06/2025
Dr. Heather Mefford is part of a team of doctors and researchers hoping to identify genetic causes, develop novel therapies for kids with epilepsy.
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‘Not going to stop until every patient has hope for a cure’
12/12/2024
Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, pediatric hematologist-oncologist at St. Jude, treats children with solid tumors and researches recurrence mechanisms.
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St. Jude explores curative therapies for sickle cell disease
08/22/2024
Dr. Weiss explains how he and his team are working to improve treatments for patients using genetic therapies and better medications
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Targeting tough-to-treat pediatric cancers
08/20/2024
Dr. Julie R. Park, now Chair of the Department of Oncology at St. Jude, is dedicated to improving outcomes for children with cancer. One of her key areas of research is harnessing the immune system to fight neuroblastoma.
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Soaring Spirit: Micah’s journey from St. Jude patient to FedEx Purple Eagle honoree
08/13/2024
As 2024 began, Micah’s parents said a prayer for the new year. The hardships their family had experienced had strengthened their family bond and faith. Now, Micah’s journey has gone from St. Jude patient to FedEx Purple Eagle honoree.
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'There’s a lot of work that needs to be done’
06/18/2024
Dr. Sara M. Federico, an internationally recognized leader in pediatric oncology, heads the Solid Tumor Division at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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St. Jude portal offers unprecedented access to share and analyze data on childhood cancer survivors
05/15/2024
Explore the groundbreaking St. Jude survivorship portal featured in Cancer Discovery, offering an integrated research system with over 400 million genetic variants from childhood cancer survivors. Discover how this open-access portal accelerates discoveries in pediatric cancer survivorship research, housing extensive data on treatment effects and long-term health outcomes.
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Gene editing brings new era of hope for cure to sickle cell disease
10/10/2023
Claudia's world shattered when she learned her son would be born with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that affects red blood cells. This condition is prevalent among African Americans and those of African descent, but it is also common among those of South and Central American ancestry. Sickle cell disease causes lifelong health complications.
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FedEx St. Jude Championship highlights friendships at weeklong event
08/15/2023
From custom golf shoes to friendship bracelets, St. Jude kids remind golfers about a mission bigger than competition.
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It's OK to ask, what is sickle cell disease?
06/08/2023
So, what is sickle cell disease and how does St. Jude research and treat this genetic blood disorder?
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St. Jude scientists help show how new gene editing techniques can correct the mutation that causes sickle cell disease
04/27/2023
The novel approach, developed in collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is a hopeful step on the path to a cure.
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The St. Jude mission is to save more lives – everywhere. What makes it possible is you.
04/14/2023
At St. Jude, we believe every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment — no matter where they live. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped raise the survival rates for children with cancer in the United states, where 4 out of 5 children survive. In many developing countries, however, fewer than 1 out of 5 survive. Your support gives kids with cancer around the world that chance.
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Study at St. Jude discovers a way that could keep soft tissue cancer from returning
03/30/2023
Results offer a promising lead for how researchers could find new ways to prevent relapses of other types of solid tumor cancers in kids
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Donors help St. Jude care for the whole child
03/08/2023
Psychosocial services support patients and families during treatment, providing ‘joy and peace’ amid uncertain times
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Polaris Dawn - the first of three Polaris missions to advance human spaceflight
08/10/2023
The Polaris Program is a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities while continuing to raise funds and awareness for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.® Polaris Dawn is the first of three Polaris missions and is scheduled to launch this year.
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New Family Commons area and support programs provide resources and respite to St. Jude families
01/26/2023
Home-away-from-home is possible thanks to historic $50 million gift from AbbVie
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Global collaboration spurs treatment breakthroughs at St. Jude
12/16/2022
We’ve seen scientific advancements over our 60-year history and through generations of patient families, but we can’t stop because there’s still so much to do.
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New study achieves 99 percent remission in children who relapse with most common childhood cancer
12/16/2022
An international collaboration St. Jude helped lead with a longstanding global partner finds success using novel combination of “reprogrammed” immune cells
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St. Jude Memphis Marathon® runner turned St. Jude grandmother
11/18/2022
When granddaughter Stella became a patient, Becki 'had to do more’ to support the St. Jude mission.
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SAFER Ukraine provides a blueprint for responding to other global health crises
10/13/2022
Research led by St. Jude scientists is cited in The Lancet Haematology.
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Landmark study finds new gene mutations that drive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
10/06/2022
St. Jude scientists helped lead a comprehensive genomic analysis to uncover the impact of genes on the treatment and outcome of the world’s most common childhood cancer.
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St. Jude continues to chart progress in how to understand and treat sickle cell disease
10/03/2022
Pioneering work in St. Jude labs provides "promising" path to a cure using gene editing.
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Celebrating 10 years: FedEx Purple Eagle honorees then and now
08/10/2022
In the past 10 years, 10 St. Jude patient have been honored as FedEx Purple Eagle honorees, a program in which a plane features the name of a child or a grandchild of a FedEx team member. Here’s what they’re up to now.
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Spurred by the mission and inspired by a trailblazer, Mississippi doctor gives to support St. Jude
08/04/2022
As Dr. Rayford learned more about St. Jude — how it had opened as an inclusive hospital in 1962 at the height of civil rights strife in the South and welcomed children regardless of race, and how it employed and promoted doctors, scientists and staff of color, as well — Rayford knew this was a cause that deserved his support.
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St. Jude researcher Ellis Neufeld, MD, PhD, receives national award for work in pediatric hematology
06/23/2022
Neufeld is the recipient of the 2022 George R. Buchanan Lectureship Award from the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO).
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At St. Jude, a collaborative approach takes scientific research from bench to bedside
05/31/2022
By working together, doctors and researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital develop new treatments and improve outcomes for patients.
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St. Jude develops new tool to track genetic variations for rare diseases, shares it freely
05/31/2022
Scientists have developed and shared a computational tool that could help identify why some people are prone to rare diseases — from multiple cancers to neurodegenerative diseases like ALS.
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From clinical trials to cures: a breakdown of research at St. Jude
05/23/2022
Kinlee's journey with medulloblastoma shows how research in the labs at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital can translate to better outcomes for patients.
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St. Jude researcher Ching-Hon Pui, MD, honored for contributions in treatment of pediatric blood cancers
04/22/2022
Dr. Pui, chair of the St. Jude Department of Oncology, has helped raise the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia to 94 percent.
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At St. Jude, Dr. Amar Gajjar's work reveals a lifetime of progress for brain cancer patients
04/19/2022
Gajjar will be honored with the prestigious ASCO Pediatric Oncology Award this summer for his work to transform how doctors around the world understand and treat medulloblastoma.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital coordinating global partners to evacuate children with cancer from Ukraine
Hundreds of kids have been moved to hospitals across Europe and some may soon come to the U.S. and St. Jude.
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Philanthropist Jared Isaacman, his Polaris Dawn team, aid ill Ukrainian children through network coordinated by St. Jude
03/14/2022
Team delivers Starlink technology to Poland, enabling global partners to communicate, helping get kids with cancer to safety and treatment.
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Determined Ukrainian aids kids facing battle on two fronts
03/01/2022
St. Jude partner working to sustain essential treatment for young cancer patients even as she’s stranded 4,600 miles from home.
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Study finds children's genetic ancestry impacts treatment, survival for kids with ALL
02/17/2022
Findings bolster St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital's work to improve outcomes for kids with cancer across the world.
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Many countries struggle to provide chemotherapy drugs to their children; St. Jude wants to change that
01/11/2022
Working with WHO, St. Jude will invest $200 million over 6 years to increase access to quality cancer medicines for children across the globe.
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St. Jude commits $200 million to provide quality cancer medicines for kids around the world
12/13/2021
Working with WHO, global medicines access platform could quickly impact as many as 120,000 young cancer patients in 50 countries.
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Therapy developed by researchers at St. Jude significantly improves cure rates among neuroblastoma patients
12/09/2021
"Remarkable" results show survival for high-risk neuroblastoma patients increased from 51 percent to 74 percent, according to a study published by St. Jude researchers this week
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Memphis family helps push St. Jude Marathon fundraising total to $100M
12/02/2021
Caleb and his family are now 'fundraisers for life'
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St. Jude scientists make prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers
11/17/2021
Thirteen scientists working in laboratories and clinics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have been named to a prestigious list of “Highly Cited Researchers.”
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Inspiration4 crew enjoys a banner day of cheer and gratitude on St. Jude campus
11/10/2021
Members of the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth visit patients, celebrate naming of new Inspiration4 Advanced Research Center.
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Inspiration4: Hayley Arceneaux returns to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and she’s still floating on air
09/24/2021
Hayley Arceneaux receives a hero's welcome back to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, after becoming the first pediatric cancer survivor in space aboard the mission Inspiration4.
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Kids with cancer face significant threat of complications from COVID-19, new global study finds
09/02/2021
Higher cases of severe infections, hospitalization and death occurred among 1,500 pediatric cancer patients around the world, and the pandemic also disrupted lifesaving cancer care, according to findings from a study that St. Jude researchers helped lead.
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Chip Gaines cuts his hair to support St. Jude kids like his fishing buddy Bailey
08/27/2021
‘Operation Haircut Part 2’ raises more than $300,000 as ‘Fixer Upper’ star boldly goes bald — again — for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Stars of PGA TOUR, kids of St. Jude share the world stage
08/08/2021
Abraham Ancer celebrates a championship, and a cause, at World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
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At St. Jude we hurt and heal as a family
06/24/2021
Last week’s World Sickle Cell Awareness Day brought us together to honor and remember those afflicted with the disease.
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A founder’s dream — a father’s dream — for St. Jude to save more lives around the world
06/16/2021
On Father’s Day, we celebrate those who go to any length to see their kids safe, happy and healthy.
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As the St. Jude family grows, so grows hope and possibility
06/12/2021
The reasons our supporters choose St. Jude are as varied as the ways they raise funds and awareness for the mission.
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St. Jude experts tout benefits and safety of COVID-19 vaccines
The message delivered by experts from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during a recent webinar couldn't have been clearer: The vaccines now available to fend off the COVID-19 virus are not only safe and effective, but offer the best chance yet to quell the pandemic.
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Game, Set, Cure: Teen’s tennis tourney fundraiser a smash
05/24/2021
Inspired by her brother’s cancer experience, Annie Sallick, 15, creates tennis tournament to benefit the kids of St. Jude
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Leading by example, serving from the heart: “Mrs. Tate” was among the first nurses at St. Jude
05/12/2021
As an African-American woman and a nurse at St. Jude, Maurice Walton Tate helped pave the way with caring and courage.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to invest $11.5 billion targeting childhood catastrophic diseases globally
04/27/2021
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is launching the largest strategic expansion in its nearly 60-year history, investing more than $11.5 billion over six years to accelerate research and treatment for children around the globe with catastrophic diseases.
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Dr. Esther Obeng: At home in her lab at St. Jude
04/15/2021
Dr. Obeng's parents instilled in her a value for education, and she's putting it to use treating patients and researching new therapies and cures.
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Teens ski 90,000 vertical feet in one day — and raise more than $9,000 for St. Jude
04/09/2021
Kayla Anderson was inspired by Inspiration4 commander Jared Isaacman to do something bigger than herself. With her friend Carter, she embarked on an amazing skiing feat for St. Jude.
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Inspiration4 reveals final two crew members for all-civilian mission to space benefiting St. Jude
03/29/2021
Dr. Sian Proctor and Christopher Sembroski will take the remaining two seats on the Inspiration4 spaceflight launching later this year.
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Inspiration4 revela a los dos últimos tripulantes de la misión espacial civil a beneficio de St. Jude
03/29/2021
La Dra. Sian Proctor y Christopher Sembroski ocuparán los dos asientos restantes en el vuelo espacial Inspiration4 que será lanzado más adelante este año.
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She got her ‘golden ticket’ to space, not from NASA, but through Inspiration4
03/29/2021
Accomplished scientist and explorer Sian Proctor, winner of the ‘Prosperity’ seat on Inspiration4, has a passion for making spaceflight accessible to all.
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St. Jude supporter ready to ‘rise above the Earth’ in historic mission to space
03/30/2021
Chris Sembroski, who grew up obsessed with the cosmos and has made aerospace his career, will be in the Generosity seat on Inspiration4.
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From then to now: How studying childhood cancer survivors today helps patients of tomorrow
02/19/2021
Patient No. 17 returns to St. Jude for program that helps clinicians and researchers improve future treatments.
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"It's not enough to cure.''
02/15/2021
St. Jude LIFE study tracks survivors of childhood cancer to monitor the long-term health effects of disease and treatment.
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St. Jude joins world’s first all-civilian mission to space
02/01/2021
Inspiration4 mission aims to inspire support for St. Jude, which is launching ambitious $200 million fundraising and awareness initiative.
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The billowing St. Jude Cloud fosters genomic data sharing
01/20/2021
The ever-expanding data-sharing platform launched in 2018 is a key to accelerating research and finding cures for pediatric cancer and other childhood diseases.
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Filipino artists spread joy for St. Jude during karaoke broadcast
01/12/2021
Musicians sang their hearts out and raised awareness for the mission of St. Jude during a karaoke event hosted by Roslynn Alba Cobarrubias.
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Star gamer DrLupo meets Dr. Lupo the St. Jude researcher, raises $2.3 million for his favorite cause
12/23/2020
Third annual 24-hour Twitch stream supports the kids of St. Jude and highlights the science that heals them.
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Unraveling the mystery of childhood tumors
12/11/2020
With projects like the Childhood Solid Tumor Network and the Advanced Research Center, St. Jude is forging breakthroughs in pediatric cancer.
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20 moments that gave us hope even in 2020
12/08/2020
St. Jude patients and supporters shine in a pandemic
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In the lab, St. Jude researchers uncover origins of deadly inflammation caused by the novel coronavirus
11/19/2020
St. Jude Scientists Make Advance in COVID-19
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Artist Derek Fordjour’s ‘Rhythm & Blues’ raises $410,000 for St. Jude
11/18/2020
Artist Derek Fordjour’s ‘Rhythm & Blues’ raises $410,000 for St. Jude
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First-edition 2021 Ford Bronco fetches $155,000 in auction benefiting St. Jude
11/16/2020
Calvin Ford, great-great-grandson of Henry Ford, and his wife, Sarah, donated the limited-edition vehicle to raise money for the research hospital that saved Sarah's life as a child.
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Best Buy: Showing love for the kids of St. Jude, 100 million times over
11/03/2020
From corporate HQ to store checkout counters, a culture of giving among Best Buy's employees and customers led to a record-setting partnership.
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St. Jude Spotlight: helping children with the psychological toll of illness
10/30/2020
Valerie Crabtree, PhD, Chief of Psychosocial Services at St. Jude, talks about supporting patients and families with their non-medical needs, including sleep issues.
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A night at the drive-in provides support for St. Jude
10/09/2020
Minnesotans came together for a drive-in event, a harvest moon and a chance to reflect on 20 years of the St. Jude Fall Festival of Hope.
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California teen nears $500K raised for St. Jude in soccer challenge
09/28/2020
Hollis Belger, who started fundraising for St. Jude in 2013, has motivated others to join her efforts through Juggling for Jude.
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State of Childhood Cancer: St. Jude researchers make and share daily discoveries
09/17/2020
As St. Jude marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, researchers are making major advances on several fronts.
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In largest commitment ever, Domino's pledges $100 million to St. Jude
09/14/2020
The Domino’s Village will provide a home-away-from-home for families who come to St. Jude from around the world.
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11 million children will die of cancer in the next 30 years. Here's how we could save half of them.
08/07/2020
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo of St. Jude, and his colleagues, call for a global push to improve pediatric cancer care. "Every day, hundreds of children are dying."
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Despite pandemic, World Golf Championships volunteers continue to support St. Jude
07/31/2020
Although the pandemic will keep most WGC-FedEx St. Jude volunteers off the course this year, they continue to raise money through the Hours for St. Jude program.
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St. Jude YOU galvanizes college students to take the lead
07/29/2020
240 collegians assemble in a virtual seminar to embrace the moment and begin leading together for St. Jude.
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Stars align on Birdies for St. Jude fundraiser at World Golf Championships
07/29/2020
From golfer Justin Thomas to One Direction’s Niall Horan, PGA TOUR greats and entertainment icons rally their social media followings to help the kids of St. Jude.
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New digital release by late singer Dobie Gray will benefit St. Jude
07/08/2020
Dobie Gray, the soulful singer best known for the 1973 hit “Drift Away,” did much more than get lost in the beat and free his soul. Now, "Streets of Fire," a song he co-wrote 25 years ago, will benefit the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Marvel, St. Jude team up for super heroic message of love
07/07/2020
Limited-edition ‘I love you 3000’ T-shirt will benefit St. Jude, thanks to donations from Design By Humans
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Songwriters come bearing gifts by baring their souls for St. Jude
06/26/2020
St. Jude Songwriters Showcase goes virtual this year with a livestream performance from four musicians
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Jake Owen: A foundation of giving
06/25/2020
Country music star Jake Owen's foundation makes major donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Just like being there: Virtual tour lets supporters experience St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
06/24/2020
New virtual tour of St. Jude offers immersive experiences "as rich and powerful as walking the halls."
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Rising country star Gabby Barrett takes St. Jude along for the ride
06/22/2020
Gabby Barrett’s debut album release is accompanied by a virtual scavenger hunt in which fans can learn about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Gaming community raises $3.385 million in record-smashing St. Jude PLAY LIVE Prize Season
06/22/2020
Stars of streaming world have now raised $26.3 million for kids of St. Jude in fundraising program's short history
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St. Jude legend Dr. Robert Webster reflects on COVID-19 and his groundbreaking influenza research
06/17/2020
Having studied viruses for a half-century, he's optimistic about efforts to control COVID-19 while emphasizing the continuing need to protect childhood cancer patients from infectious diseases.
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St. Jude launches information hub on kids with cancer and COVID-19
04/16/2020
Recognizing the dual threat the COVID-19 pandemic presents to kids with cancer, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital helped develop an online network enabling doctors around the world to track pediatric cancer patients who have been infected with the virus and share information on how to treat them.
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St. Jude Becomes an Official Apple Music Curator
10/15/2019
Playlists created by patients and supporters of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be offered on the nation’s most used music streaming service.
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World's most powerful Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer arrives at St. Jude
09/12/2019
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has acquired the most powerful superconducting magnet in the world – part of a new tool that will help researchers see farther into cells than ever before.
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U.S. News & World Report focuses on global impact of childhood cancer
09/05/2019
The global challenges presented by pediatric cancer drew into sharper focus with the publication of a series of articles by U.S. News & World Report that highlighted the work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and other institutions.
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New Study Sheds Light on the Scope of Childhood Cancer Worldwide
08/01/2019
With the measure known as disability-adjusted life years, health officials now can more accurately compare the burden of pediatric cancer with such other diseases as tuberculosis and HIV infection, researchers say.
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St. Jude Awarded $35 Million Grant for Groundbreaking Flu Research
05/23/2019
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will direct a groundbreaking, federally funded effort to discover how flu affects the developing immune system in research that will aid creation of a universal flu vaccine.
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A New Cure for 'Bubble Boy'
04/18/2019
Donors applaud as St. Jude announces gene therapy cure for babies with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency.
