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According to multiple news reports, President Biden has nominated Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, to serve as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ALBANY, NY – APRIL 19, 2023 – With budget talks nearing an end, key public health, patient and provider groups have launched a campaign to urge New York lawmakers to support Assembly Bill 1673 / Senate Bill 1196. The proposed legislation seeks to improve New Yorkers’ access to precision medicine,

Ohio Must Do Better to Reduce the Burden of Cancer

ALBANY, NY – APRIL 19, 2023 – With budget talks nearing an end, key public health, patient and provider groups have launched a campaign to urge New York lawmakers to support Assembly Bill 1673 / Senate Bill 1196. The proposed legislation seeks to improve New Yorkers’ access to precision medicine,

ANNAPOLIS, MD – APRIL 17, 2023 – Last week, HB 1217 / SB 805 landed on Governor Wes Moore’s desk following its near-unanimous passage in the Senate and House of Delegates and representing a victory for cancer patients across Maryland. The legislation aims to ensure biomarker testing is covered

This morning, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed concepts to address the debt limit that would jeopardize Americans’ access to meaningful, affordable health care by implementing work requirements for the Medicaid health insurance program and threaten federally-funded cancer research by shrinking discretionary spending.

This morning, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed concepts to address the debt limit that would jeopardize Americans’ access to meaningful, affordable health care by implementing work requirements for the Medicaid health insurance program and threaten federally-funded cancer research by shrinking discretionary spending.

PROVIDENCE, RI – April 16, 2023 – A statement from Ryan Strik, Director of Government Relations at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in Rhode Island, follows on the death of Rhode Island’s Majority Whip and the second-longest serving member of the Senate, Maryellen Goodwin, from her battle with