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Teenage cancer patient's final fight becomes law as House passes landmark pediatric bill

close Video Baseball broadcaster raising awareness of prostate cancer Longtime broadcaster Ed Randall is working with some of the biggest names in sports to raise cancer awareness. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A teenage girl who spent her final years advocating for young people battling cancer is forever memorialized in history, thanks to a key bill passed by the House of Representatives.

Teenage cancer patient's final fight becomes law as House passes landmark pediatric bill

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Key Highlights

  • Mikaela Naylon was just 16 when she died five years after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Rep.
  • Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who helped lead the landmark legislation that became her namesake, said Mikaela spent much of that time fighting to give fellow children a chance to survive cancer.
  • He told Fox News Digital that he viewed childhood cancer patients as "the best advocates" for their cause, calling them his "better angels." TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO HARNESS AI IN FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCERS The House of Representatives memorialized Mikaela Naylon on Monday after she passed away following a five-year battle with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.
  • (Naylon Family) "Mikaela was a great example of that," McCaul said.
  • "She was very sick.
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