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November 15, 2024
Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — After years of grassroots organizing and campaign work in the Western states, Denver Henderson has been named the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Government Relations Director for his home state of Montana as well as Wyoming. In this role he will lead ACS CAN’s

November 13, 2024

93 candidates running for office signed ACS CAN’s Cancer Promise Another Election Day has come and gone. The American people cast their votes and their voices were heard. This election season, over 560 ACS CAN volunteers worked to make cancer an election issue through Cancer Votes. In 2024,

November 7, 2024
California

In an effort to save lives from lung cancer, the State Legislature passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution 196 last July to designate November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Saturday, November 9th, as Lung Cancer Screening Day.

November 7, 2024
California

In an effort to save lives from lung cancer, the State Legislature passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution 196 last July to designate November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Saturday, November 9th, as Lung Cancer Screening Day.

November 6, 2024
National

South Dakota voters on Tuesday passed Amendment F, which would change the state constitution to allow for work requirements to be added to the state’s Medicaid expansion program.

November 4, 2024
National

Today, six organizations representing millions of patients and providers, filed an amicus curiae , or “friend-of-the-court,” brief in the case of American Clinical Laboratory Association et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas.

November 4, 2024
Massachusetts

S.2971, An Act relative to medically necessary breast screenings and exams for equity and early detection requires that health plans regulated by the Commonwealth cover medically necessary screening and diagnostic breast imaging with no out- of-pocket costs.

October 31, 2024
South Dakota

PIERRE, SD – Ahead of Election Day next week, leaders from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Lung Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids express their concerns around South Dakota Initiated Measure 28, urging South Dakotans to vote “no” on the ballot measure. Introduced

October 29, 2024
Delaware

Governor Carney has signed HS 1 of HB 302 this week, making Delaware the eighth state in the U.S. to enhance coverage of prostate cancer screenings for high-risk men. The bill eliminates costs for certain patients to get these lifesaving screenings, thus reducing barriers and increasing access to care for men over 40 with certain risk factors.