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JFK’s granddaughter revealed a terminal cancer diagnosis in a new personal essay

She's battling a rare form of blood cancer

She also called attention to research funding concerns

MONDAY, Nov. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a powerful new essay, Tatiana Schlossberg wrote about learning she had terminal cancer at the same time she was becoming a new mother.

Schlossberg, 35, the granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy , shared her story in The New Yorker in an essay titled “ A Battle With My Blood .”

She wrote she had just given birth to her daughter in May 2024 when doctors noticed her white blood cell count was dangerously high. Further testing led to a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia with a rare mutation called Inversion 3.

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