It has been five years since COVID-19 first appeared and countries around the world instated wide-ranging societal restrictions, stay-at home policies, and other public health measures. As global health researchers,…
We’d like to thank everyone who supported CLICsgiving 2024 and our goal of expanding childhood cancer research. We are grateful to all who provided monetary donations, spread our messages, and…
CLIC is beginning our second annual fundraiser: CLICsgiving 2024. We hope to garner support from donors around the world and build a community of followers who are passionate about our…
Many CLIC partners are also members of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), and this month, SIOP holds its large Annual Conference in Hawaii. CLIC’s Dr. Erin Marcotte, University…
Around the world, September is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Many organizations focused on cancer adopt a gold ribbon to symbolize childhood and adolescent cancers as “Gold is a…
Cancer registry data makes clear that children of different ancestries can have different risks of ALL. How much of this risk is due to genetics versus environment? CLIC researchers from…
Folate is an important micronutrient for a mother and baby’s health during pregnancy. CLIC studies show that the risk of childhood leukemia is reduced for children if their mothers took…
Recently, CLIC partners, Drs. Jeremy Schraw and Philip Lupo, studied the relationship between missing teeth from birth (congenital tooth agenesis) and risk of cancer diagnosis before 40 years old (early-onset…
Hypertension during pregnancy and preeclampsia can be harmful to both the mother and the unborn child. The impact of using antihypertensive medication to control these conditions during pregnancy on childhood…
Concerns about electromagnetic fields (EMF) causing childhood leukemia have been investigated since the 1980’s. Two of our CLIC partners from Italy recently published articles examining the effects of exposure to…
