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Congress is running out of time to pass a budget bill to continue funding the government, and funding for vital cancer research and prevention programs is at risk.

A new report recently found that a 10% cut to research funding could lower the number of new drugs that become available to cancer patients to fight the disease over the next three decades and beyond. A recent proposal calls for cuts that are four times bigger.

Congress voted to make the biggest cuts to Medicaid in history. RSVP to our virtual event on July 10th where you'll here from ACS CAN’s President and other experts to learn more about the bill that was passed, the impact you made, and what happens next.

The U.S. Senate just passed the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. Your U.S. Representatives have the power to stop these massive cuts. Call your Representative today and urge them to vote NO on cuts to affordable health care.

High schooler and future cancer researcher Matthew traveled to D.C. this week to meet with his senator about cancer research funding. Join Matthew in urging your Senators to reject these outrageous proposed nearly 40% funding cuts.

We’ve seen some real progress in the fight to make groundbreaking new blood tests that can test for dozens of cancers at once more available. We need Congress to create a pathway for these tests to reach more people once they are proven effective and approved by the FDA.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) women and cervical cancer rates are 56% higher among AIAN women than non-Indigenous White women.