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November 15, 2024
Massachusetts

Legislation will eliminate costly barriers to follow up breast cancer screening

November 13, 2024

93 candidates running for office signed ACS CAN’s Cancer Promise Another Election Day has come and gone. The American people cast their votes and their voices were heard. This election season, over 560 ACS CAN volunteers worked to make cancer an election issue through Cancer Votes. In 2024,

November 7, 2024
California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in California, accounting for more deaths than colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. In an effort to save lives from this disease, the State Legislature passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution 196 last July to

November 7, 2024
California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in California, accounting for more deaths than colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. In an effort to save lives from this disease, the State Legislature passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution 196 last July to

November 6, 2024
National

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.

November 4, 2024
Massachusetts

S.2971, An Act relative to medically necessary breast screenings and exams for equity and early detection requires that health plans regulated by the Commonwealth cover medically necessary screening and diagnostic breast imaging with no out- of-pocket costs.

November 4, 2024
National

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.

November 4, 2024

Cancer patients rely on accurate and clinically valid diagnostic tests, which have become increasingly critical in the management of cancer. Prior to a rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May of 2024, diagnostic tests underwent widely different oversight depending on whether they were submitted to the

October 31, 2024
South Dakota

PIERRE, SD – Ahead of Election Day next week, leaders from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Lung Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids express their concerns around South Dakota Initiated Measure 28, urging South Dakotans to vote “no” on the ballot measure. Introduced