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Cancer Patients Urge Congress to Include Critical Health Provisions in Reconciliation Package

October 27, 2021
National

As Congress prepares to consider the Build Back Better Act , cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers are urging lawmakers to make sure certain key health provisions are included in any final legislation.

Cancer Advocates Strongly Urge Congress and Administration to Permanently Close Medicaid Coverage Gap

October 20, 2021
National

As lawmakers deliberate which health care priorities to include in the budget reconciliation package, ACS CAN is strongly urging Congress and the Administration to once and for all permanently close the Medicaid coverage gap and provide access to quality, affordable coverage to millions of Americans.

FDA Approval of Flavored Products Puts Tobacco Industry Interests Over Public Health

October 19, 2021
National

ACS CAN President Lisa Lacasse expresses concern over FDA's approval of four flavored tobacco products.

In a Time When Early Cancer Detection is Needed, the House Passes a Bill That Does Not Prioritize Lifesaving Programs

October 14, 2021
National

We don’t have to tell you how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the world; every one of you felt this in a deeply personal way. What you might not know is that a recent nationwide survey of cancer patients and those who recently underwent cancer treatment revealed that nearly 1 in

Patient and Caregiver Groups Press Congress to Preserve Paid Family and Medical Leave in Reconciliation Package

October 12, 2021
National

More than 20 patient and health care groups sent a letter to Congressional leadership and the Administration today making clear the need to preserve the nation’s first-ever paid family and medical leave program as part of forthcoming reconciliation legislation.

FDA Authorizes First E-Cigarette Products; Ongoing Surveillance of Youth Initiation and Long-Term Health Impact Critical

October 12, 2021
National

The Food and Drug Administration announced this afternoon it has issued marketing orders for the first e-cigarette products authorized by the agency.

American Cancer Society and ACS CAN Statement on Retirement of National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins

October 5, 2021
National

Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issued the following statement in response to the announced retirement of the National Institutes of Health Director, Dr. Francis Collins.

New Study Shows Flavors to Blame in Nation’s Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

September 30, 2021
National

WASHINGTON, D.C. —According to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, more than two million middle and high school students report using e-cigarettes in 2021, 85% of whom say they use flavored e-cigarette products. The study, based on

Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority

September 28, 2021
National

Nearly 700 cancer advocates, including patients, survivors and their loved ones, from all 50 states and territories and nearly every congressional district will dial into calls and log onto virtual meetings this week to ask members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority