Washington, D.C. — Hoy, la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos comenzará a debatir sobre un paquete de proyectos de ley de fondos para el año fiscal 2022, incluidos los fondos para los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH) y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención d
Washington, D.C. — Hoy, el Comité de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes votará sobre un proyecto de ley de gastos para el año fiscal 2022, que otorgaría un aumento de $6.5 mil millones a los fondos para los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH) e incluiría un aumento de $432 millones para el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (NCI) y $194 millones para la iniciativa nacional Misión contra el Cáncer (Cancer Moonshot).
The nation’s leading patient advocacy groups are praising the U.S. Supreme Court ruling today upholding the health care law known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Court ruled the plaintiff states and taxpayers did not have standing to bring the suit.
Cancer patients and survivors continue to deal with the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic on their ability to access necessary health care.
The Biden administration released its budget for FY 22 late last week. Included in the budget is an additional $9 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including $6.5 for the creation of a new department within the NIH called the Advanced Research Project Agency on Health (ARPA-H).
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the HL7 FHIR Accelerator™ Common Oncology Data Elements eXtensions (CodeX) are working together with partners on a project to increase and expand patient enrollment in cancer clinical trials at smaller and non-research oriented medical centers.
More than a dozen patient groups representing millions of Americans with serious and chronic health conditions are praising the Biden administration’s action to preserve protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) patients receiving health care services.
A new report from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) takes an in-depth look at disparities across all areas of cancer research and suggests immediate policy solutions that could help address such gaps in the years to come.
A group of more than fifty cancer research-focused organizations are urging Congress to include $10 billion in emergency funding to restart cancer research and clinical trials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) stalled by the coronavirus pandemic.
ACS CAN President Lisa Lacasse reacts to President Biden's declaration we will, "End cancer as we know it." The statement was part of the president's address to a joint session of Congress.