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Smart Talk Tuesday: 9th District Congressman Dan Meuser; Sickle cell awareness

  • Scott LaMar
A woman fills out her ballot at Harrisburg's 6th Ward, located in the Susquehanna Art Museum, on June 2, 2020.

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A woman fills out her ballot at Harrisburg's 6th Ward, located in the Susquehanna Art Museum, on June 2, 2020.

WITF’s Election 2020 coverage on Smart Talk continues Tuesday with candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives and statewide offices.

Joining us on Tuesday’s program is Republican Dan Meuser, the incumbent Congressman in the 9th Congressional District.

The 9th district is made up of Carbon, Columbia, Lebanon, Montour, and Schuylkill Counties, as well as parts of Berks, Luzerne, and Northumberland Counties.

Congressman Meuser is running against Democrat Gary Wegman.

These conversations with candidates are designed to give voters an opportunity to hear where candidates stand on the issues before this fall’s election.

Also, September is national sickle cell awareness month.

Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that causes red blood cells to take on an abnormal sickle shape, which can result in a range of health challenges including severe pain, clogged arteries and a heightened risk of stroke. The disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans and is particularly common among those with African, Arab, Asian, Black, Caucasian, Greek, Indian, Italian, or Latino ancestry.

Joining us on the program are Joseph Robinson, Executive Director of the South-Central Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Council, Dr. Gayle Smink, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at Penn State Hershey and director of the children’s Sickle Cell Anemia program at Penn State Hershey, and Dr. Lewis Hsu, Vice Chief Medical Officer of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and Director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Program, University of Illinois at Chicago.

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