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En los últimos días, se han eliminado o suprimido algunas series de datos gubernamentales que son ampliamente utilizados, y en algunos casos han sido posteriormente restaurado con ciertos datos alterados o censurados en los sitios web de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus

En los últimos días, se han eliminado o suprimido algunas series de datos gubernamentales que son ampliamente utilizados, y en algunos casos han sido posteriormente restaurado con ciertos datos alterados o censurados en los sitios web de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus

Governor Josh Shapiro presented his state budget to the legislature yesterday, outlining his vision for the coming fiscal year. In his budget address, Governor Shapiro proposed to maintain funding for key cancer prevention and detection programs and acknowledged health care costs and price transparency as a continued area of interest, which secured high praise from patient advocates concerned over the role cancer plays in limiting Pennsylvanians’ financial mobility. Advocates are hopeful that the budget negotiation process yields progress on additional health care affordability issues, including Pennsylvanians’ access to paid leave, medical debt relief and lifesaving medications.

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota House Commerce and Energy Committee today missed a significant opportunity to make progress against breast cancer, voting to fail legislation on supplemental screenings. House Bill 1070, sponsored by Rep. Brandei Schaefbauer of Aberdeen, would have required all state-regulated health policies to eliminate patient out-of-pocket

A bill introduced in the House and Senate last week aims to improve future equitable access to new and innovative cancer screenings among Medicare beneficiaries in order to increase early detection of more cancers for more individuals.

Ohio Can and Must Do Better When It Comes to Reducing Tobacco Use

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Cancer patients, survivors their families and caregivers from throughout Washington gathered at the Capitol building Monday to ask legislators to support House Bill 1062, which would expand insurance coverage of biomarker testing, making sure as many state residents as possible have access to this technology. Biomarker testing

ATLANTA – Around 50 cancer advocates, including patients, survivors and caregivers, will travel to the Capitol from around the state on Tuesday, February 4, to have breakfast with lawmakers and ask them to support a Georgia PeachCare Plus plan to expand Medicaid. We are excited to see a Georgia-specific solution

Bipartisan legislation that would remove financial barriers to prostate cancer screening was introduced today in the U.S. Senate. Sponsored by Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), the Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men (PSA Screening for HIM) Act would waive cost-sharing requirements such as deductibles, copayments and coinsurance, for prostate cancer screening tests for men with the highest risk of prostate cancer, including Black men and those with a family history of the disease.