PRINTER'S NO. 890
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
120
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, AUMENT, BAKER, HUTCHINSON, DINNIMAN,
HAYWOOD, SCHWANK, ALLOWAY, BROOKS, EICHELBERGER, GREENLEAF,
PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, SCAVELLO, VULAKOVICH, YAW, BREWSTER,
COSTA, FONTANA, SMITH, TARTAGLIONE, TEPLITZ AND YUDICHAK,
MAY 11, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 11, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2015 as "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease affecting
approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States
and nearly 70,000 children and adults worldwide, 1,659 of which
live in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, A defective gene causes the body to produce an
abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and these
secretions produce life-threatening lung infections and obstruct
the pancreas, preventing digestive enzymes from reaching the
intestines to help break down and absorb food; and
WHEREAS, More than 10 million Americans are symptomless
carriers of the defective CF gene; and
WHEREAS, CF occurs in approximately 1 out of every 3,500 live
births in the United States; and
WHEREAS, With the advances in the treatment of CF, the median
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