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The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate today introduced legislation aimed at eliminating health disparities. Sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 offers a comprehensive policy framework that will help address health inequities that intersect with race and ethnicity as well as geography, immigration status, age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, language and socioeconomic status. The bill includes policy solutions that will help bolster cancer research and improve access to cancer prevention, early detection and care.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network unveiled the billboard to thank Congress for bipartisan leadership in the fight against cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) led an amicus (or friend-of-the-court) brief on behalf of key national public health groups in support of plaintiffs in the American Academy of Pediatrics v. Kennedy lawsuit. This case is pending at the U.S. Court

Activistas de la lucha contra el cáncer están decepcionados por la decisión de la Junta de San Francisco de permitir que los dispensarios de cannabis sirvan alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas, convirtiéndolos en restaurantes donde se permite fumar.

A coalition of public health organizations, pediatricians and parents today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s new enforcement policy that allows e-cigarette and nicotine pouch products to be marketed and sold without the scientific review and marketing authorization required by federal law.

Activistas de la lucha contra el cáncer están decepcionados por la decisión de la Junta de San Francisco de permitir que los dispensarios de cannabis sirvan alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas, convirtiéndolos en restaurantes donde se permite fumar.

Today, the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network submitted a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget strongly opposing a proposed rule that would change the federal government’s grantmaking framework.