Foundation News

Stay up-to-date with the most current news and information about the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, as well as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Makes Statement About Crohn’s Disease Patient Fired from Walmart

April 3, 2023, New York, NY – Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Walmart for firing a North Carolina employee with Crohn’s disease after the company allegedly refused to grant her disability-related leave.

April 4, 2023

Volunteer Highlight: Meet Kayleigh

Kayleigh OMahony lives in Lowell, is in grad school at UMass Lowell for her Master’s in Education and she is running the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, 2023. In the summer of 2012, she was admitted to Boston Children's Hospital with severe stomach pains, loss of appetite, extreme weight loss and fatigue. Doctors were baffled by her case, but after a month-long stay in Children's, she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease.

March 22, 2023

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s IBD Ventures Invests $2.4 Million in Developing Novel Products to Address Unmet Needs of IBD Patients

Since 2017, IBD Ventures Has Invested Over $9 Million In R&D Funding to Portfolio Companies

March 21, 2023

Our Impact

We’re creating a new future for the millions of adults and children living with IBD. Click the link below to see what we accomplished in 2022.

March 21, 2023

What I wish I knew — Patient Symposium for Crohn’s & Colitis

What I Wish I Knew In 2009, when our youngest child was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis at age six, our family didn’t know what lay ahead.

March 21, 2023

Early Life Stress in Mice Impairs Gut Immune Regulation and Leads to Worsened Future Colonic Inflammation

New York, NY, March 14, 2023 – Early life stress (ELS) in mice can disrupt the gut immune response, leading to longer-lasting intestinal inflammation and a worsened future disease state than control mice not exposed to ELS, according to a new study published in Inflammatory B

March 15, 2023

March 2023 Newsletter

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March 9, 2023

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March 8, 2023