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February 2, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC Feb 2, 2015 The president 's fiscal year 2016 budget sets an ambitious course for the national effort to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases such as cancer. The proposed three percent increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) would

February 1, 2015
New York

ACS CAN Strongly Criticizes Governor Cuomo for Cuts to Life Saving Cancer Services Download the testimony here. ALBANY – February 1, 2015 -- On Monday, February 2, 2015 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Vice-President of Government Relations Bill

January 30, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC January 30, 2015 The president 's Precision Medicine Initiative is an important investment in improving our understanding of the causes of and potential therapies for cancer - a disease that kills more than 1,600 people in America each day. The proposal would dedicate a combined $215 million for

January 28, 2015

“We commend Sen. Durbin for introducing the American Cures Act, a bill that would take steps to create a mandatory dedicated funding stream for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense Health Program, and the Veterans Medical & Prosthetics Research Program.

January 27, 2015
Ohio, Pennsylvania

State of the Union to Illustrate Importance of Public-Private Partnership in Improving Public Health Statement of Christopher W. Hansen, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) WASHINGTON – January 20, 2015 – “In his address to Congress tonight, the

January 27, 2015
Texas

ACS CAN Texas has a full slate of issues to tackle at the state legislature this year. (The following list is available in a PDF file for your convenience.) Cancer Research, Prevention, and Early Detection Secure full funding for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

January 27, 2015

In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of King v. Burwell, leading groups fighting chronic disease provide scientific evidence of the grave consequences if millions of people nationwide were to lose the tax credits provided under the Affordable Care Act that provide the financial assistance they need to afford health coverage.

January 26, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC -- January 26, 2015 -- We commend Rep. DeLauro for introducing the Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, a bipartisan bill that would create a budget cap adjustment to allow for a funding increase for biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The bill would boost the NIH