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PIERRE, S.D. –- The passage of Senate Bill 54 on Thursday marked a disappointing step backward for public health and cancer prevention in South Dakota. If enacted, it would strip voter-initiated funding for the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation fund by 60%. Those funds were overwhelmingly approved by voters in

Following the House Economic Matters Committee hearing on Monday and ahead of the Senate Finance Committee meeting on Friday, Lance Kilpatrick, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Maryland, released the following statement:

“El gobierno tiene la responsabilidad de evaluar continuamente el mejor uso de los recursos nacionales; sin embargo, los recortes indiscriminados al financiamiento de la infraestructura de salud e investigación de nuestro país que reducen de forma considerable la fuerza laboral federal en agencias dentro del Departamento de Salud y Servicios

“El gobierno tiene la responsabilidad de evaluar continuamente el mejor uso de los recursos nacionales; sin embargo, los recortes indiscriminados al financiamiento de la infraestructura de salud e investigación de nuestro país que reducen de forma considerable la fuerza laboral federal en agencias dentro del Departamento de Salud y Servicios

Washington, DC - Anoche, la oficina del Procurador General presentó su resumen de méritos en el caso de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos de Braidwood Management versus Kennedy, describiendo su intención de defender la disposición de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA, por sus siglas

Jennifer Atlas, Henderson resident, has joined the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) as the government relations director in Nevada. In this role, Atlas will lead ACS CAN’s efforts in the state to advance legislation and public policies to reduce the cancer burden in the state.

“Government has a responsibility to continually assess the best application of national resources; however, indiscriminate cuts to our nation’s health and research infrastructure funding significantly reducing the federal workforce agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for

Washington, DC - Anoche, la oficina del Procurador General presentó su resumen de méritos en el caso de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos de Braidwood Management versus Kennedy, describiendo su intención de defender la disposición de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA, por sus siglas

JUNEAU, Alaska –– Cancer patients, survivors, their families and caregivers are gathering today to let legislators know they must do more to reduce the toll of tobacco in communities big and small by protecting the Alaska tobacco use education and cessation fund. That fund supports efforts to reduce the deadly