Melanoma Awareness Month, held each May, is an occasion to connect and be in community with others who have been touched by melanoma. With this month brings the opportunity to join forces with other ...

A single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine appears to provide as much protection as the currently recommended two doses for adolescents, according to findings from a nearly five-year ...

To make a bigger difference, you can make more noise. “Contact your state,” Lakdawala said. “This is what I’ve realized: it’s really up to the states.” Contact your governor and state or local ...

Looking beyond DNA, scientists find possible “surgically targeted” option for splicing factor-mutant blood cancers that lack effective immunotherapies.

Two-time Grammy-winning singer Michael Bolton, 72, recently opened up to People about living with brain cancer, undergoing treatment and the importance of keeping loved ones close after a cancer ...

The fastest path to breakthroughs and cures is through shared ambition, knowledge and investment, write three cancer experts at follicular lymphoma nonprofits.

From a public health perspective, Sommers said, “It’s not a huge problem if people think they have one type of insurance and misclassify it, as long as they’re getting care. “Politically, it can be ...

The Trump administration this month scrapped a Biden-era proposal that would have required state Medicaid programs and allowed federal Medicare to pay for some GLP-1s for obesity treatment. Instead, ...

“You must go get your test,” urges Knowles, mom to Beyoncé and Solange. Docs could have found her cancer earlier, she says in her new memoir, “Matriarch.” ...

Vianca Rodriguez Feliciano, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed in an email statement to KFF Health News that MOSAIC had been defunded. She said the grants “no ...

Semaglutide reduced liver fat and improved fibrosis in people with MASH—adding to the drug’s growing list of benefits—and several other GLP-1 meds look promising.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is adopting a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing animal use in research. Developing and using cutting-edge alternative ...