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May 3, 2010
Massachusetts, Vermont

Cancer Research Is Our Future George Blough received the worst news she could hear in 1990 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Thankfully she had a

May 3, 2010
New Jersey, New York

ACS CAN works on behalf of millions of cancer patients across the country. We fight for legislation that provides critical funds to cancer research centers, and bills that make it easier for patients and their families to fight back against cancer.

May 1, 2010
National

Michigan's new smoke-free law, which makes nearly all workplaces including bars and restaurants in the state smoke-free, goes into effect today.

April 30, 2010
National

Michigan will be the latest state to follow a growing national trend to go smoke-free when a new law goes into effect Saturday, May 1, restricting smoking in almost all workplaces in the state, including all restaurants and bars. The strong smoke-free law, which was signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm

April 30, 2010

Washington, D.C. – April 30, 2010 – Michigan will be the latest state to follow a growing national trend to go smoke-free when a new law goes into effect Saturday, May 1, restricting smoking in almost all workplaces in the state, including all restaurants and bars. The strong smoke-free law,

April 29, 2010
West Virginia

American Cancer Society Selects First W.Va. Volunteer To Serve as Research Program Stakeholder MORGANTOWN – April 29, 2010 — The American Cancer Society recently announced that Gerri Angoli as the first West Virginian to serve as a stakeholder on their Peer Review Grant Committee. She will travel to Atlanta to

April 29, 2010

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter expressing support for the Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010 -- legislation that works to improve the affordability of health coverage by requiring oversight and control of insurance industry rate-setting practices. The letter went to lead sponsors

April 28, 2010
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont

Congressional Hearing to Highlight Need for Increased Federal Funding for Medical Research Sustained Investment is Critical to Continued Progress in the Fight to Defeat Cancer WASHINGTON – April

April 28, 2010

WASHINGTON – April 28, 2010 – With the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) holding a hearing today to focus on national medical research priorities, families affected by cancer are calling on their elected officials to sustain the current level of support for research so that