American Cancer Society and ACS CAN Statement on the Passing of President Jimmy Carter
The American Cancer Society joins the nation in mourning the loss of former president Jimmy Carter.
The American Cancer Society joins the nation in mourning the loss of former president Jimmy Carter.
This week, Congress failed to advance a bipartisan year-end health care package that would have made a big difference in the fight against cancer. The bill included language based on the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Screening Coverage Act (House)/ Medicare MCED Screening Coverage Act (Senate) and the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act, which are key priorities for cancer patients and their families.
Hoy, la Cámara de Representantes publicó el texto de la Resolución Continua del año fiscal 2025 y el paquete de salud de fin de año que incluye un texto basado en la Ley Nancy Gardner Sewell de Cobertura de Pruebas de Detección Temprana de Múltiples Tipos de Cáncer (MCED, siglas en inglés) de Medicare (Cámara de Representantes)/Ley de Cobertura de Pruebas de Detección MCED de Medicare (Senado).
Grupos de salud pública aplauden al Tribunal de Apelaciones del Quinto Circuito de Estados Unidos por ratificar la disposición contra la discriminación de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA, por sus siglas en inglés) en el caso de Neese versus Becerra. El tribunal anuló el fallo de un tribunal inferior basándose en la falta de fundamento jurídico de los demandantes en el caso, que impugnaba las protecciones de la Ley ACA para los pacientes lesbianas, homosexuales, bisexuales, transgénero y queer (LGBTQ+) que reciben servicios de salud.
On December 9, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction in the case of Kansas v. United States. This decision temporarily blocks the Final Rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which expands insurance coverage eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in 19 states.
Groups representing millions of health care professionals and patients with serious and chronic health conditions filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Tennessee et al. v. Becerra in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
In a tremendous victory for public health, the U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear a tobacco industry challenge to graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertisements required under a 2020 FDA rule.
Durante el Gran Dia de No Fumar® (Great American Smokeout®) de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS, por sus siglas en inglés) de este año, el 21 de noviembre, la ACS y la Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN, por sus siglas en inglés) alientan a las personas que consumen tabaco a dar un paso importante hacia una vida más saludable al hacer un plan para dejar de fumar.
South Dakota voters on Tuesday passed Amendment F, which would change the state constitution to allow for work requirements to be added to the state’s Medicaid expansion program.
Today, six organizations representing millions of patients and providers, filed an amicus curiae, or “friend-of-the-court,” brief in the case of American Clinical Laboratory Association et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas.