PENNSYLVANIA, November 30 - PRINTER'S NO. 856

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

130

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, BARTOLOTTA, SCHWANK, BROWNE,

BROOKS, J. WARD, MUTH, KEARNEY, MENSCH, KANE, MARTIN,

FONTANA, VOGEL, YUDICHAK, STREET, COSTA, COMITTA, PITTMAN,

SANTARSIERO AND STEFANO, JUNE 7, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 7, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating the month of May 2021 as "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness

Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease affecting

approximately 31,000 children and adults in the United States

and approximately 80,000 children and adults worldwide, 1,502 of

whom 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, Approximately 900 new cases of CF are diagnosed each

year; and

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