In the first study, published in the Journal of Public Health, researchers investigated the connection between pets and colorectal cancer. They found that pet owners were almost three times as likely ...

If finalized, come next summer, students in these fields will be limited in how much they can borrow from the federal government for their education to $20,500 annually, with a lifetime cap of ...

A new study highlights the scale and scope of the Trump administration’s termination of National Cancer Institute (NCI) research grants since it slashed cancer research funding in early 2025 and cut ...

Funding cuts are devastating for U.S. science, writes cosmologist Paul Sutter. Regaining support will require cleaning house and delivering bipartisan messaging.

The aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma is in a lot of Google searches this week: Former NBA player Jason Collins, 47, announced Thursday [December 11] that he has been diagnosed with a stage 4 ...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States for both men and women, accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Lung ...

It’s a finding that can lead to a solution. If we can prevent infection with EBV we can potentially prevent lupus. But, as a scientist who studies chronic diseases and an educator who teaches about it ...

BCRF awards $2.6M in grants to Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium researchers. Here’s what they’re investigating.

The study adds to existing evidence suggesting that scheduling cancer treatment according to a person’s natural circadian rhythm may lead to maximum effectiveness and minimal toxicity due to factors ...

Born in Florida in 1975, Wang grew up before the hepatitis B vaccine was routinely given to newborns. For years, she assumed she had been infected by her mother, only to discover later that both her ...

Collins, who played center for six teams during his 13-year NBA career, is no stranger to breaking barriers and overcoming challenges in the public arena. In 2013, at age 34, he came out in a Sports ...

In new research on the status of cancer disparities in the United States, American Cancer Society (ACS) scientists report higher cancer mortality rates among adults living in rural areas, certain ...