Raising awareness of the racial disparities in the impact of colorectal cancer on the Black community.
Sponsored By: Representative Watson Coleman
Introduced
Summary
Reduce racial disparities in colorectal cancer outcomes is the resolution's central goal. It would spotlight the heavy U.S. burden of colorectal cancer and push for more screening and research focused on Black Americans and younger adults.
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- Black Americans: Calls out persistent gaps in outcomes. Colorectal cancer death rates are about 40% higher among Black men and 25% higher among Black women compared with non-Hispanic Whites.
- Young adults and families: Notes deaths for people under 55 rose about 1.9% per year from 2011 to 2019 and warns colorectal cancer could become the leading cause of death for people aged 20 to 49 by 2030.
- Public health agencies: Encourages the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand work identifying factors behind screening disparities and urges the National Institutes of Health to study physiological drivers of higher risk in young adults.
- People at higher risk and state plans: Urges state health plans to move quickly to cover screenings at younger ages with special consideration for Black Americans and others at higher risk. Screening can catch cancer early when five-year survival is about 90%.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Cosponsors
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Beatty
OH • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Kamlager-Dove
CA • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Pressley
MA • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Clarke (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Meeks
NY • D
Sponsored 3/21/2025
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