WASHINGTON -- March 1, 2012 -- Critical legislation introduced recently in the U.S. House of Representatives would ensure that cost is not a barrier for Medicare beneficiaries to access lifesaving colon cancer screenings. The äóÖRemoving Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2012' (H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. February 29, 2012 Today 's ruling by a federal judge blocking the implementation of new graphic cigarette warning labels is bad for public health. The ruling in a lawsuit the tobacco industry filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S.
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to senators today urging them to vote against an amendment to the transportation bill that would permit employers to refuse employee insurance coverage for any health benefit guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act if the employer raises a religious or moral objection to those benefits.
WASHINGTON -- February 21, 2012 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it is taking major steps to address a critical shortage of cancer drugs that has left patients without lifesaving medications such as Doxil and Methotrexate.
WASHINGTON -- February 16, 2012 -- "Congressional negotiators have announced a deal that would raid the federal Prevention and Public Health Fund to help pay for the payroll tax and Sustainable Growth Rate legislation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 14, 2012 – The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing today on an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report detailing the status of pain care management and research in the United States.
WASHINGTON February 13, 2012 The president 's budget proposal to cut funding for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute in Fiscal Year 2013 is deeply disappointing after he specifically called out the importance of cancer research earlier this month in his State of the Union address
Washington, D.C. -- February 9, 2012 -- The administration today issued a final rule that defines the standard information that health insurers must provide to consumers about the benefits offered in their plans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- January 31, 2012 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S.