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ICYMI: Here's what you need to know about some of the #arthritis headlines from this past month. bit.ly/2Wk4bLJ #arthritisawareness #WeLiveYes

212 organizations joined together to tell Congress, "we urge you to also include nonprofit patient advocacy community-based organizations within any federal aid packages or supplemental appropriations measure." bit.ly/394w8u0

“As a Live Yes! Connect Group facilitator, I've learned that while our ages and diagnoses may differ, pain is universal and so is the need to be supported by people who understand your struggles.” - Deserae Constantineau, #Milwaukee, WI #WeLiveYes #arthritis #chronicpain

The ACR, AAD, Arthritis Foundation, and Lupus Foundation of America issued a joint statement to the adminstration and nation's governors on the need for effective #hydroxychloroquine management to ensure all who can benefit from this drug have access. acr.tw/33EOX5I #COVID19 #hcq

Join us on FACEBOOK on May 16 for the largest VIRTUAL Walk to Cure Arthritis event ever. Another step, another victory! bit.ly/3bN7ikF #walking #arthritis #arthritisawareness #WeLiveYes

"This is a painful time for our country. It is heart wrenching to watch as our cities and communities try to effect meaningful change and address difficult realities that are testing our nation." Full statement from our President and CEO, Ann M. Palmer: bit.ly/3cxqMck

The panel for "RA Biologics in OA: Failures but Reasons for Hope?" is getting ready for next week’s discussion! Register here to follow the discussion between five world-leading experts on Zoom July 22nd 12 p.m ET (free of charge): bit.ly/32lSqru, #OACS #arthritis

Arthritis Foundation President and CEO Ann M Palmer is excited to speak at the CARRA 2020 virtual event this Friday starting at 2 p.m. Learn more about this event: bit.ly/3j66jj8

Arthritis Foundation President & CEO Ann M Palmer congratulated our partner, CARRA on enrolling more than 10,000 patients to learn more about children and young adults with rheumatic diseases at today’s CARRA 2020 virtual event.

Thank you to the Arthritis Foundation and Ann M Palmer for supporting CARRA. Exciting to hear all the amazing work being done!

So proud of our Arthritis Foundation JA team! They didn’t allow the pandemic to stop them from providing a great virtual conference to our kids and families with juvenile arthritis! #StrongerThanJA #AdvocateforArthritis

Thankful for amazing leadership by our JAC committee who produced a fab virtual conference! #strongerthanJA

Maybe the "golden age" in OA therapeutics coming. July #AFOACS recording with David Felson is definitely coming. #osteoarthritis Arthritis Foundation

The urgent progress made to discover medicines to combat COVID-19 illustrates how we can apply that same urgency to treating some of the most challenging #chronicpain conditions such as #osteoarthritis. More in Morning Consult from Ann M Palmer: bit.ly/350Adkh #PAM2020

LIVE: Mike Allen and Caitlin Owens host a conversation on the state of medicine and chronic pain, feat. Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, President & CEO of Arthritis Foundation Ann Palmer and NIH Pain Research's Dr. Linda Porter. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Mike Allen Caitlin Owens Michael Burgess, MD Arthritis Foundation NIH Pain Research .Arthritis Foundation CEO Ann Palmer: "Pain, in and of itself, is a problem. But it's very much a gateway to other issues that cause difficulties for people to participate in life. And it leads to anxiety and depression as well."

Huge thank you to Axios for hosting this event and talking with President and CEO Ann M Palmer about chronic pain and how it affects the 54 million Americans battling #arthritis. #WeLiveYes #PainAwarenessMonth

Marc Hochberg University of Maryland School of Medicine discussing the safety of anti-NGF Abs for #osteoarthritis #pain patients for Arthritis Foundation #AFOACS Forum Series

#ACR20 kicks off today! This year, the greatest minds in rheumatology and related fields will meet virtually to present and share the latest research in #arthritis treatments and therapies, and we'll be there to bring you daily highlights from the five-day meeting. Stay tuned!