Richard Kaufman
For the past year, nearly all of the world’s attention has been on COVID-19, and rightfully so, as a once in a lifetime pandemic has wreaked havoc on the globe.
But on Friday, the Town of Greenwich hoped to shift some of the focus back on some of the lesser known diseases and ailments that families are facing everyday, by declaring Feb. 26 as Rare Disease Awareness Day.
First Selectman Fred Camillo issued a proclamation at Town Hall to John Hopper, President of the Greenwich-based Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation (FCF), which represents one of the over 7.000 known rare diseases in the world.