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‘Cameron’s Cure:’ South Jersey Rallies For 3-Year-Old Battling Aggressive Leukemia ‘Cameron’s Cure:’ South Jersey Rallies For 3-Year-Old Battling Aggressive Leukemia
‘Cameron’s Cure:’ South Jersey Rallies For 3-Year-Old Battling Aggressive Leukemia South Jersey is showing its unwavering support to a 3-year-old boy as he battles an aggressive form of leukemia. Cameron Bruder was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in October 2022, according to a GoFundMe launched by his aunt, Jaclyn Brown. “The specific gene mutation he has created a very aggressive, difficult-to-treat cancer,” Brown writes. Despite undergoing about seven months of treatment, including clinical trials and T-cell therapy, “sadly, nothing has yielded any hopeful results,” writes Brown. The brave Cherry Hill boy then began hospice care, prompting the fundraiser’s lau…

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by Valerie Musson
News
NJ Starbucks Worker Was Right To Be Worried About Daughter's Swollen Belly: 'One Strong Girl' NJ Starbucks Worker Was Right To Be Worried About Daughter's Swollen Belly: 'One Strong Girl'
NJ Starbucks Worker Was Right To Be Worried About Daughter's Swollen Belly: 'One Strong Girl' A Camden County mom's intuition that something wasn't right with her 2-year-old daughter and her swollen belly unfortunately turned out to be right. Sometime after the new year, Damara Burke noticed swelling in Charli's upper belly, according to a GoFundMe page launched for the Mount Ephraim family. "After a week of testing (ultrasound, MRI with anesthesia, CT scan, and Biopsy), the doctors confirmed that she had several masses that metastasized from her kidney to her liver, lungs, and around her blood vessels," her aunt wrote on the page. Charli BurkeGoFundMe "These tumors in Charli’s…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Medical Helicopter Carrying Baby Crashes In Upper Darby Medical Helicopter Carrying Baby Crashes In Upper Darby
Medical Helicopter Carrying Baby Crashes In Upper Darby A medical helicopter heading to Philadelphia from Maryland crashed Tuesday in Delaware County, according to sources and developing news reports. A mom and baby were among the four occupants onboard the Eurocopter EC135 that crashed outside of the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church on Burmont Road near School Lane around at 12:55 p.m., according to the FAA and Daily Voice sources. All were able to self-extricate, but the pilot suffered the most serious injuries, CBS reports. A medical helicopter crashed next to my house today. Everyone survived including a baby who was being transferr…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Young NJ Baseball Player Battling Cancer Gets Holiday Surprise From 'Phillies' (VIDEO) Young NJ Baseball Player Battling Cancer Gets Holiday Surprise From 'Phillies' (VIDEO)
Young NJ Baseball Player Battling Cancer Gets Holiday Surprise From 'Phillies' (Video) A young New Jersey baseball player battling cancer got a one-of-a-kind surprise from the Philadelphia Phillies this week. Marlton baseball player and major Phillies fan Toby Mizrachi, 10, was recently diagnosed with B cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and started chemotherapy treatment at the CHOP over Hanukkah. Toby’s favorite team worked alongside the Marlton community to arrange a pep rally parade with his travel team, friends and fifth-grade classmates on Thursday. We recently learned that one of our biggest fans, Toby Mizrachi, is undergoing cancer treatment during what should be... Po…

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by Valerie Musson