Congressional Lupus Caucus

09/27/2018

Congratulations Lupus Research Alliance advocates! The 2019 spending bill passed by Congress last night grants the two requests we made together on Hill Day in March. Once the President signs this bill into law, it will provide $5 million for the Department of Defense Lupus Research Program and a $2 billion increase to the budget for the National Institutes of Health!

https://www.lupusresearch.org/lupus-research-alliance-advocates-succeed-2019-federal-funding-approved-congress/

09/04/2018

Lupus Research Alliance is proud to launch a new clinical study with Aker BioMarine that is testing how taking phospholipid-rich krill oil daily can benefit people with lupus.

August 28, 2018 NEW YORK, NY. Aker BioMarine and Lupus Research Alliance launch a new clinical study, investigating how phospholipid-rich krill oil can benefit people with lupus, with the aim to lessen the severity of symptoms associated with the disease. Affecting an estimated 5 million people worl...

08/24/2018

Yesterday, the Senate passed the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill, which includes major funding for lupus research.

https://www.lupus.org/general-news/entry/senate-passes-legislation-for-lupus-research-funding

https://www.lupusresearch.org/hard-advocacy-work-pays-off-lupus/

Today, major spending legislation for lupus-specific research has been passed by the U.S. State Senate.

07/16/2018

Last Wednesday night, the House Appropriations Committee passed the Labor, Health and Human Services Bill. This legislation includes nearly $9 million in critical funding for lupus research and education.

U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approves spending bill that includes major funding for lupus research and education programs.

06/28/2018

Just now, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approved its Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations bill, as well as its Fiscal Year 2019 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. These spending bills include critical funding to advance lupus research, including a $1 million increase for the National Lupus Patient Registry at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more:

U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approves two spending bills that will provide critical funding for lupus research.

06/28/2018

Today, the House of Representatives approved legislation which includes $5 million in funding for the Lupus Research Program at the Department of Defense.

House of Representatives vote moves legislation one step closer to becoming law.

06/13/2018

A message from the Lupus Research Alliance on the recent vote in the House Appropriations Committee to continue funding for the Lupus Research Program:

June 13, 2018 Our advocates stormed the Capitol in March with requests to robustly fund the Lupus Research Program first established last year within the Defense Department’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. And our nation’s legislators listened! As a result of advocacy by lup...

05/18/2018

Yesterday, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced that 13 research projects would be granted a total of $5 million for lupus research. The awards are made possible through the new Lupus Research Program.

Lupus advocates worked with the Congressional Lupus Caucus to establish the Lupus Research Program in 2017. The program aims to fund research that will advance the field, and lead to breakthroughs in the causes of lupus, its diagnosis and the development of new medicines to prevent and treat the disease. Learn more:

Through the Lupus Research Program, advocated for by the Lupus Foundation of America, the Department of Defense awards nearly $5 million to lupus researchers.

05/10/2018

In honor of , Lupus Caucus Co-Chair, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), addressed the House about the importance of continued lupus research and treatment funding. The Congresswoman has been a committed and steadfast co-chair of the Caucus, and we thank her for her continued support of lupus awareness!

Lupus Awareness Month

05/08/2018

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05/03/2018

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In the first of our month-long Lupus Stories Film Series we'd like you to meet Meredith. She is an unstoppable nine-year old in Dallas, who isn't able to attend school because of the effects of lupus. Yet, Meredith is enjoying fourth grade through her computerized personal robot "Reggie". Meredith is full of hope and looking forward to the day when she can retire "Reggie" and get back to class in person!

We are the world’s leading private funder of lupus research. Our goal: improve treatments while advancing lupus research toward a cure.

04/12/2018

https://www.lupusresearch.org/stay-informed/researchdiscovery/lupus-research-update/

Lupus Research Alliance Announces Nine Promising Novel Research Grant Awards Nine Outstanding Investigators Receive Funding for Innovative Research on Lupus Causes, Pathways, and New Treatment Development Today, the Lupus Research Alliance announced nine new Novel Research Grants to support paradigm...