WASHINGTON -- February 21, 2012 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it is taking major steps to address a critical shortage of cancer drugs that has left patients without lifesaving medications such as Doxil and Methotrexate.
WASHINGTON -- February 16, 2012 -- "Congressional negotiators have announced a deal that would raid the federal Prevention and Public Health Fund to help pay for the payroll tax and Sustainable Growth Rate legislation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 14, 2012 – The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing today on an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report detailing the status of pain care management and research in the United States.
WASHINGTON February 13, 2012 The president 's budget proposal to cut funding for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute in Fiscal Year 2013 is deeply disappointing after he specifically called out the importance of cancer research earlier this month in his State of the Union address
Washington, D.C. -- February 9, 2012 -- The administration today issued a final rule that defines the standard information that health insurers must provide to consumers about the benefits offered in their plans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- January 31, 2012 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S.
WASHINGTON -- January 30, 2012 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network sent a letter to House and Senate Conference Committee members, urging them to protect families affected by cancer by opposing any cuts to the Prevention and Public Health Fund and any further cuts to the health i
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent letters to leadership of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today urging Congress to reauthorize legislation that helps to bring safe and effective medicines to market quickly.
WASHINGTON, DC January 25, 2012 Following is a statement on the new nutrition standards for school meals from John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of ACS CAN:
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) together with AARP, the American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, and Consumers Union sent a letter to the president today urging him to strongly implement a provision of the Affordable Care Act that would give consumers timely access to easy-to-understand information regarding their health benefit options.