Half of the $10 billion each year will be distributed evenly across states that have applied for it. The other half can be distributed by the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & ...

The tax and spending bill cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid, the public health insurance program for people with low incomes that’s jointly funded by states and the federal government. Under ...

Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world. Globally, almost one in three women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual ...

The NIH's National Cancer Institute, which has long benefited from bipartisan support, now faces an exodus of clinicians and scientists.

Patient advocates provide support, education, prevention, treatment, care and more, especially for the poor, marginalized and underinsured.

The Phase I kidney cancer study included nine people with advanced renal cell carcinoma who underwent surgery but were considered to be at high risk for recurrence. A custom vaccine containing ...

Wearing frozen or tight-fitting gloves during chemotherapy may help prevent painful peripheral neuropathy. Chemotherapy is effective for many types of cancer, but the medications can harm normal cells ...

Science News Movement Is Medicine for People With Cancer Physical activity doesn’t replace medical therapies, but it could help them work better. June 5, 2025 • By Liz Highleyman ...

Hoping to restore his fertility after childhood cancer treatment, a man received the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells.

Active surveillance spares men with low-risk prostate cancer, like Howard Wolinsky, from aggressive treatment and its side effects.

Large research symposium highlights liquid biopsies, new drug combos, shifts in surgical practice and, yes, patient voices.

Researchers developed synthetic receptors on the surface of immune cells that could make cancer immunotherapies more targeted.