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Hoy, el presidente presentó su propuesta de presupuesto para el año fiscal 2026, que incluye un recorte del 26.2 % al Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS). Esto incluye un recorte del 37 % a los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH) y elimina el Centro Nacional para la Prevención de Enfermedades Crónicas y la Promoción de la Salud de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC).

Today, advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) came from across the Lower Hudson Valley to deliver a message to Rep. Mike Lawler, urging him to protect Medicaid and highlighting how looming cuts would harm the nearly 7 million New Yorkers, including working families, cancer patients and survivors, people with disabilities, seniors, veterans and children, who receive lifesaving care through Medicaid.

Más de 130 voluntarios de toda Nueva York, incluidos pacientes y sobrevivientes de cáncer, así como cuidadores, se reunieron en el Capitolio estatal para participar en el ‘Día de Acción contra el Cáncer’, un evento anual organizado por ACS CAN.

Más de 130 voluntarios de toda Nueva York, incluidos pacientes y sobrevivientes de cáncer, así como cuidadores, se reunieron en el Capitolio estatal para participar en el ‘Día de Acción contra el Cáncer’, un evento anual organizado por ACS CAN.

Volunteer advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commend Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado General Assembly for including substantial funding for tobacco control and cancer screening programs in the 2025-2026 fiscal year appropriations bill, signed into law Tuesday during a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion.

Cancer Advocates Gathered at the Statehouse Today to Say Ohio Can and Must Do Better to Reduce the Burden of Cancer

Today, the Indiana legislature passed the budget increasing tobacco taxes, which will help prevent tobacco use and help those already addicted quit.

HELENA, Mont. –– Cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and advocates from throughout the state call on lawmakers to honor the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act and vote to kill Senate Bill 150 today after it narrowly passed second reading on Tuesday, 51-49. The bill would allow cigar smoking in restaurants, bars

OLYMPIA, Wash. -– American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates call on Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson to refuse to allow the long-term health of Washington residents to become collateral damage to the state’s current budget crisis. The state’s cancer prevention programs are one of the reasons Washington cancer incidence numbers