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Updates matching "Cancer Prevention"

February 24, 2022
Kansas

The Kansas legislature left Topeka without adequately addressing several critical issues affecting access to health care for tens of thousands of Kansans, particularly those in need of cancer screening and treatment.

February 4, 2022
Iowa

Rep. Brian Lohse (R-Bondurant) introduced legislation that would require radon testing and mitigation in Iowa schools. Exposure to high radon concentration has been identified as the second leading cause of lung cancer in Iowa.

February 4, 2022
Alabama

MONTGOMERY, AL – February 4, 2022 – An event held late Thursday by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) highlighted the promise of new blood-based cancer screening technologies that have the potential to dramatically increase early-stage diagnosis for a wide

February 2, 2022

The President announced this morning he is ‘reigniting’ his commitment to ‘end cancer as we know it,’ building on the initial and robust cancer moonshot investment in discovery, prioritizing increased uptake of prevention and addressing health disparities.

January 18, 2022
New York

Governor Hochul has released her Executive Budget for the next fiscal year. ACS CAN is asking for increases in funding for the Cancer Services Program and tobacco control.

January 13, 2022

Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee voted to confirm Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

December 31, 2021
California

Sacramento, Calif . – 31 de diciembre, 2021 – A partir del primero de enero, una ley estatal eliminará los costos compartidos para los pacientes que necesitan una colonoscopía tras haber dado positivo en una prueba no invasiva para la detección de cáncer colorrectal. Esta nueva ley también alineará la

December 20, 2021
National

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is celebrating the 50 th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s signing of the National Cancer Act into law. The law, which took effect December 23, 1971, transformed the nation’s approach to preventing, detecting, and treating the disease.

September 22, 2021
National

ACS CAN is advocating for a pathway for Medicare coverage for innovative cancer early detection, once Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests are FDA approved and clinical benefit is shown.