“Luckily, Congress supports boosting biomedical research funding through NIH. We’re also calling on Congress to fund two critical areas of research and outreach at the CDC and the Department of Defense,” said Dr. Worthing. “CDC arthritis programs not only give us the basic statistics about arthritis in the U.S., but also give Americans tools to use through educational awareness campaigns. Also, we see military servicemen and women are suffering from arthritis because of injuries and other troubles, so we’re asking Congress to use existing funds to establish a $20 million dedicated arthritis research program at the DoD to accelerate prevention strategies and treatment breakthroughs.”
Susan Bernstein is a freelance journalist based in Atlanta.
