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Racial Cancer-Death Disparities Take a Huge Economic Toll on Blacks

After years of thundering against drugmakers, legislators have now focused on regulating the deal-makers known as pharmacy benefit managers.

Launched by Total Health, the nonprofit Cancer Equity Project addresses patients and clinicians in marginalized communities.

All U.S. firefighters are encouraged to join the federal registry to help understand and reduce cancer in the fire service. Here’s how.

Record enrollment brought more consumers into the market while many insurers began offering smaller networks of doctors and hospitals.

The bipartisan deal will make 600,000+ North Carolinians newly eligible for lifesaving care, including cancer screenings and treatment.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s annual conference focused on better treatment, human connection and more. Here’s a roundup.

Here’s how the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate support eight priorities of the National Cancer Plan.

Judge’s ruling could limit access to free HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, cancer screenings and more.

The National Cancer Plan offers a road map for collaboration across cancer programs and bolsters the goals of the Cancer Moonshot.

Dana-Farber co-location model shows that bringing services into community health center significantly decreased wait times for diagnoses

University of Colorado’s Adam Green, MD, aims to use research findings to help address disparities in childhood cancers.

Changes will affect nursing home and hospital staffing, delivery of addiction treatment and COVID data reporting.

Born of efforts to fight the nation’s overdose crisis, the guidance led to legal restrictions on doctors’ ability to prescribe painkillers...

Compared with Asians, other racial and ethnic groups were less likely to receive adequate HBV evaluation and treatment.

Insurers now commonly require prior authorization for many mundane medical encounters, including basic imaging and prescription refills.

The Biden administration estimates that 15 million of the more than 91 million Medicaid enrollees will fall off the rolls.