Press Room

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in the case Braidwood Management v. Kennedy on Monday, 33 organizations representing millions of patients with serious health conditions and thousands of health care professionals are urging the Court to protect access to lifesaving preventive care without patient cost-sharing.

Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing the 2025 Marketplace Integrity Proposed Rule.

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a budget resolution that could lead to devastating cuts to Medicaid.

Ahead of an expected vote on a budget resolution, ACS CAN is urging Senators to oppose legislation that would make cuts to Medicaid.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) followed the law in issuing marketing denial orders (MDOs) for certain flavored e-cigarette products.

Hoy, el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE. UU. (HHS) anunció que eliminará más de 10,000 empleos como parte de una importante reestructuración que afectará las operaciones de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés), la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) y los Centros para los Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS, por sus siglas en inglés), entre otras agencias fundamentales.

La Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. presentó una legislación que reautorizaría el Programa Nacional de Detección Temprana de Cáncer de Mama y Cuello Uterino (NBCCEDP, por sus siglas en inglés) para los años fiscales comprendidos entre 2026 y 2030.

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Dr. Marty Makary as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

In a new, large national study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open, American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers found the 2018 federal policy loosening restrictions on STLD insurance plans was associated with an increase in late-stage cancer diagnoses in states without or with inadequate additional STLD plan regulatory protections.