New Study from CDC Shows More than 2.5 Million Youth Use E-cigarettes
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study today showing youth e-cigarette use remains high in 2022.
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Public Health Organizations Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect the Rights of People with Medicaid Coverage
Twelve groups representing millions of patients across the nation will file an amicus curiae - or friend of the court - brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect access to quality health care for individuals with Medicaid health coverage.
Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority
More than 600 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district will be on Capitol Hill this week to make clear to members of Congress that cancer must be a national priority
President Biden Announces Latest Cancer Moonshot Efforts on the Anniversary of President Kennedy’s Famous Moonshot Speech
President Biden is scheduled to deliver a speech in Boston this afternoon, sharing the latest developments in the Cancer Moonshot initiative to, “End cancer as we know it.”
U.S. District Court Ruling Jeopardizes Access to Proven, Life-Saving Cancer Screenings
Today U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor issued a ruling that may lead Affordable Care Act-compliant health plans to deny coverage for or reinstate cost-sharing for certain preventive health services.
Multi-Million Dollar JUUL Settlement Evidence the Company Engaged in Nefarious Marketing Practices to Lure and Addict Underage Tobacco Users
JUUL announced a tentative deal to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year, multi-state investigation into its underage marketing practices to attract young consumers to its addictive e-cigarettes. Evidence-based tobacco control is still critical.
Cancer Patients and Survivors Cheer Final Passage of Inflation Reduction Act
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes several provisions that will reduce the costs of health care for millions of cancer patients and survivors.
Declaración de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer y ACS CAN sobre la recién nombrada Directora del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer
Monica M. Bertagnolli, Doctorado en Medicina (MD), se desempeñará como la nueva Directora del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (NCI), una función fundamental para garantizar la innovación continua en oncología.
El Senado aprueba una legislación para hacer que la atención médica sea más económica para millones de pacientes y sobrevivientes de cáncer
El Senado de los EE. UU. aprobó hoy la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación, que incluye varias disposiciones que reducirán los costos de la atención médica para millones de pacientes y sobrevivientes de cáncer.
La propuesta de asignaciones del Senado incluye un aumento de fondos de $2 mil millones para NIH en el año fiscal 2023
Hoy, el Comité de Asignaciones del Senado de EE. UU. publicó su proyecto de ley de gastos para el año fiscal 2023 que incluye un aumento de fondos de $2 mil millones para los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH), incluido un aumento de fondos de $291 millones para el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (NCI).