Cancer Health

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions [held] a hearing [July 11] on addressing medical debt, titled, “What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?” The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments to the committee ahead of the hearing calling on Congress to put forth policy solutions that address the root cause of medical debt by both reducing current medical debt and preventing future medical debt. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN.

Congress Must Take Action to Address Medical Debt

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Bucks County Beacon

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

Fred Hutch Cancer Center has launched Partners in Science 2.0 @ Fred Hutch (PS2@FH), a new summer research program that trains middle school and high school teachers in Fred Hutch labs to expand hands-on learning experiences they can take back to the classroom. “We’re excited to launch PS2@FH and offer...

Fred Hutch Launches Scientific Training Program for High School and Middle School Teachers

TheDailyBeast

Kamala Harris is once again on the cover of TIME magazine. But the artwork—a sketch of the vice president surrounded by supporters holding her campaign signs aloft—isn’t for an interview. Instead, it’s for a story by Charlotte Alter with the headline: “The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris.” The piece looks at how Harris has “pulled off the swiftest vibe shift in modern political history” following her replacement of President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Harris also featured on the cover of the magazine last month, literally stepping into the frame as Biden exits. Her reappearance on the hallowed cover comes amid Republican attacks on Harris over her lack of media interviews since obtaining the Democratic nomination, with her most recent TV interviews coming in June, according to Politico. Last week, Harris said she wants to “get an interview scheduled before the end of the month.”The reintroduction of Kamala Harris https://t.co/noW5TOgawP pic.twitter.com/iLmQIhxOeF— TIME (@TIME) August 12, 2024


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TIME Magazine Puts Kamala Harris on the Cover Even Without an Interview

As state Medicaid programs eased or eliminated restrictions on access to antiviral treatment for hepatitis C, the number of prescriptions significantly increased every quarter from 2015 through 2019, according to study findings published in JAMA Health Forum. “The results of this study suggest that Medicaid coverage restrictions were associated with...

Hepatitis C Treatment Increased as State Medicaid Programs Eased Restrictions

Mediaite

Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton burst into laughter after he was asked how he would advise Trump following his remarks about Kamala Harris' race.
The post GOP Strategist Bursts out Laughing When CNN Anchor Asks How He Would Advise Trump After Unhinged Presser first appeared on Mediaite.

GOP Strategist Bursts out Laughing When CNN Anchor Asks How He Would Advise Trump After Unhinged Presser

South Carolina State

The [South Carolina] legislature’s final version of the state’s two-year operating budget, which the governor signed [July 3], includes additional funding for programs that help prevent kids from starting to use tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and help those already addicted quit. These programs are critical because they implement fact-based strategies to reduce tobacco use, the number one cause of preventable death nationwide and are responsible for 32.1% of cancer deaths in South Carolina.

How the South Carolina Legislature Strengthens Tobacco Control Efforts

The most common type of brain tumor, meningioma, grows from the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Usually they are benign, which means they are not cancerous. However, a subset of meningiomas behave aggressively, recur rapidly despite surgery and radiation, and often cause death. To guess whether a tumor...

More to Brain Tumors Than Meets the Eye

People with type 2 diabetes who used glucagon-like peptide analogs such as Ozempic or Mounjaro had a lower risk for multiple types of cancer compared with those who used insulin, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. Overweight and obesity have been linked to at least 13 types...

Weight-Loss Drugs May Prevent 10 Types of Cancer

Rochester, NY

The Rochester Beacon

The American Dream is generally understood to be the idea that America is a land of opportunity that permits upward mobility, freedom, and equality for people of all classes who work hard and have the will to succeed. Standing against this laudable idea is the reality for many in Rochester...

Race vs. class in achieving the American dream

Montana State

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., introduced legislation last week that aims to advance quantum research at the Department of Energy (DoE) by authorizing $2.5 billion in funding over the next five years. This number is well above the $625 million for DoE-related programs laid...

Senate Bill Would Authorize $2.5B for Quantum Research at DoE

Sapna Patel, MD, a widely renowned melanoma oncologist and clinical investigator, has joined the University of Colorado Cancer Center and the CU Department of Medicine, with a goal of helping to build a “pinnacle of skin cancer treatment” in the Rocky Mountains. “I’m so thrilled to be here,”...

Building a Pinnacle Program for Skin Cancer Treatment in the Rockies

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Colorado stands out among the 10 states that have disenrolled the highest share of Medicaid beneficiaries since the U.S. government lifted a pandemic-era restriction on removing people from the health insurance program. It’s the only blue state in a cluster of red states with high disenrollment rates — a group...

Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

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ABC News

New York AG Letitia James is asking nearly a dozen tech companies to protect voters from election-related misinformation, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.

New York AG warns tech giants against allowing election-related misinformation

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Jacksonville, FL

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

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Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage their health. Late last year, the Biden administration promised to address this problem with a new effort called the White House Initiative on Women’s Health...

Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Introduces $10 Billion Long COVID Moonshot Legislation to Support Research, Healthcare, Education

[On August 2], Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Long COVID Research Moonshot Act of 2024. The bill allocates $1 billion in federal funding per year for...

Sen. Bernie Sanders Introduces $10 Billion Long COVID Moonshot Legislation to Support Research, Healthcare, Education

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