WASHINGTON, DC May 18, 2016 The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released a report today assessing the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade and investment agreement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 18, 2016 The U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee today passed a bill to reauthorize child school meal and nutrition programs and included language to undercut access to healthy foods for millions of children.
Advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will join more than 200 childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families on Capitol Hill today to ask Congress to support initiatives that would improve research, treatment, and outcomes for children with cancer.
The U.S. Senate today rejected an amendment to the combined Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that threatened to eliminate dollars for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (the Prevention Fund). Following is a statement from Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): ACS CAN applauds the Senate for preserving funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 10, 2016 A poll, recently commissioned by the One Voice Against Cancer Coalition (OVAC), found that 89 percent of likely voters feel cancer research is too important to become a partisan issue and 81 percent favor an increase in federal funding for cancer research.
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 9, 2016 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSæCAN) filed comments with the Department of Health and Human Services today on the Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model Proposed Rule.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- May 5, 2016 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued the final deeming regulation on all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, cigars, and hookah. The rule takes effect in August 2016.
WASHINGTON, DC May 2, 2016 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced late Friday the final implementation date for menu labeling, requiring a variety of establishments to display calorie information for their ready-to-eat food and beverages starting in May 2017.
WASHINGTON, DC April 25, 2016 Data released today by theæCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)æand published in the journal Pediatrics found an overwhelming associ
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 22, 2016 Sunday marks two years since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed deeming rule to exert its jurisdiction to regulate all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes and cigars.