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DENVER 鈥?At least 70 percent of U.S. Olympic sports organizations have applied for government funds during the coronavirus pandemic, a stark financial reality that underscores the frailties within the worlds most dominant Olympic sports system.The Associated Press surveyed 44 of the country national governing bodies NGBs 鈥?the organizations charged with operating programs from the grassroots through the Olympic levels in sports that run the gamut from badminton to basketball.All but four of the 36 NGBs that responded said they had applied for assistance fr
stanley cup om the Paycheck Protection Program. Not all the organizations revealed how much they received, but those who did have been approved for a cumulative total of about $12 million.Beginning next July, when the delayed Summer Olympics are scheduled to start, U.S. NGBs will send a total of around 1,150 athletes to two Olympics and two Paralympics over the span of seven months. While Mikaela Shiffrin, Noah Lyles and the U.S. basketball teams are on solid financial footing because of their star power and marketability, the U.S. will depend on dozens of lesser-known athletes to dominate the medals table in Tokyo and at the Winter Games in Beijing. It puts the U.S.
stanley cup Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the NGBs on an urgent track to fund all the potential medalists, many of whom haven ;t been able to train properly for months. Theres a very
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The death of the rap artist Prodigy Albert Johnson, half of the duo Mobb Deep at only 42 this week, after a lifetime of suffering from sickle cell disease, was a reminder of the devastating cost of the sometimes fatal genetic disorder 鈥?and of the failure to cure it.It has been 61 years since the discovery of the mutation responsible for sickle cell, which affects about 100,000 people in the U.S., and 30 years since scientists found a compensatory mutation 鈥?one that keeps people from developing sickle cell despite inheriting the mutant genes. Last year, when STAT examined the lack of progress, scientists and hospital officials were frank about one reason for it: Other genetic disord
stanley cup ers, notably cystic fibrosis, attracted piles of money that led to cures, but sickle cell strikes the wrong kind of people, including African-Americans, and so has historically been starved for funds.The genetic mutation that causes sickle cell allows red blood cells to cramp up in a way that impedes their flow through blood vessels. Those who have the condition can suffer anemia, infections, fatal organ fail
af1 ure, tissue damage, strokes, and intense pain.In healthy people, blood cells are round and flexible.
stanley cup But in people with sickle cell disease, blood cells are deformed and cause a range of health problems. Video by Hyacinth Empinado/STATIn the last 12 months, there have been glimmers of progress against the disease. There are huge numbers of drug companies finally putting money into this,
