Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre announced during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he recently was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Brett Favre announces that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease while testifying at a House hearing on welfare reform. Xuan Thai is a senior writer and producer in ESPN's investigative and enterprise unit. She was previously deputy bureau chief of the south region for NBC News.
Speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee, Favre spoke about Prevacus, a company making a concussion drug that received $2 million of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds. Favre was the top investor in Prevacus and text messages show he began asking state officials for help securing funds for the company in November 2018.
"Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others," Favre said during opening remarks."And I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me, because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's. This is also a cause dear to my heart."in TANF funds, earmarked for poor families, were diverted to the rich and powerful, according to a 2019 Mississippi state audit.
When asked in a 2018 interview how many concussions he suffered, Favre, 54, said he only knows of"three or four" but believed "When you have ringing of the ears, seeing stars, that's a concussion," Favre told the Today Show."And if that is a concussion, I've had hundreds, maybe thousands, throughout my career, which is frightening."
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