A look at the future of brain research funding, from a kids' camp for TBI survivors

WVIA | By Lydia McFarlane

Published August 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM EDT

A Pennsylvania summer camp helps children who have survived brain injuries. But the future of federal funding for brain injury research, and grants to states to help such patients, is in limbo.

Lydia McFarlane

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