Updates matching "Cancer Research 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. American Cancer Society

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 6, 2016 The U.S. Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) today completed work on the last of the medical innovation bills that make up the companion to the 21 st Century Cures legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last year. A statement from

WASHINGTON, DC February 9, 2016 The president 's fiscal year 2017 budget sets an ambitious course to accelerate discovery in the fight against cancer. The proposed 13 percent increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) would go a long way to restore funding shortfalls that have severely hampered progress in

WASHINGTON February 1, 2016 President Obama today announced plans to launch the National Cancer Moonshot with a call for $1 billion in funding for specific cancer prevention and research initiatives intended to accelerate progress in FY16 and FY17. Following is a statement from ACS CAN President Chris Hansen: Families affected

WASHINGTON -- January 28, 2016 -- "The creation of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force is an important step that will allow experts at all relevant agencies to coordinate their knowledge and resources toward the common goal of eliminating death and suffering from this disease. We commend the vice

WASHINGTON, D.C. December 16, 2015 The omnibus FY 2016 spending bill introduced today includes a $2 billion increase for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a $264 million increase for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). A statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action