Supporting the designation of May 2025 as "National Myositis Awareness Month".

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 277 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 277 Supporting the designation of May 2025 as ``National Myositis Awareness Month''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 31, 2025 Mr. McCormick submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Supporting the designation of May 2025 as ``National Myositis Awareness Month''. Whereas residents of the United States of America are among those affected by myositis and other rare diseases, with nearly 1 in 10 Americans having rare diseases; Whereas idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (collectively referred to as myositis) are rare, chronic, autoimmune muscle-wasting diseases that often feature debilitating muscle inflammation and other symptoms, such as pain, fatigue, and trouble swallowing, and can result in myositis- associated interstitial lung disease; Whereas more research is needed to identify the causes of and modes of…