March Declared “Myeloma Action Month” Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Mayor Jim Coppinger has proclaimed March 2021 “Myeloma Action Month” in Hamilton County. Mayor Coppinger joins Tennessee Governor Bill Lee who declared March as “Myeloma Action Month” across the state of Tennessee and Chairman Shannon Whitfield, who declared it in Walker County, Ga. According to the International Myeloma Foundation, myeloma, also referred to as multiple myeloma, is an incurable cancer of cells in the bone marrow. Myeloma currently affects more than 100,000 people in the United States, with an estimated 33,000 new cases to be diagnosed this year. Myeloma is twice as common in African Americans and is becoming more common in younger patients, with possible links to environmental toxins.