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DOVER, DE – The Delaware State Senate has unanimously passed legislation that would ensure biomarker testing is covered by more insurance plans, including Medicaid, when patients need it. Biomarker testing has revolutionized cancer treatment over the last few decades and is increasingly important in the treatment of other conditions, providing

Today, the House Committee on Appropriations considered and approved its draft FY27 appropriations bill and accompanying House Report that includes increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC).

In late May, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule that would fundamentally change how federal grants and contracts would be awarded and managed, opening the door for interference and jeopardizing federal research investments. These changes would affect work funded by the National Institutes

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to continue a proposed ordinance that would have made bar patios smoke-free to protect workers, patrons and nearby residents from secondhand smoke.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – “Nearly 40,000 South Carolinians will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Against that backdrop, lawmakers should be doing everything they can to reduce tobacco use in our state to save lives. “Instead, during the

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to continue a proposed ordinance that would have made bar patios smoke-free to protect workers, patrons and nearby residents from secondhand smoke.

The New York State Senate began its wrap up of the 2026 legislative session by advancing bipartisan legislation (Senate Bill 172b) that would improve New Yorkers’ access to paid medical leave through the state’s Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) Program. Despite overwhelming support from the Assembly majority conference, the companion legislation (Assembly Bill 9571a) is not expected to be taken up before the Assembly adjourns. Advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) are expressing their disappointment that the Assembly may allow the effort to fail for the third year in a row.

BOISE, Idaho – June 2, 2026 – – The leadership of Sen. Mike Crapo in the introduction and passage of the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Screening Coverage Act was recognized recently by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, in conjunction with 10 other organizations, in