Stories tagged: "cancer"


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Should I Get the COVID Vaccine if I’m Fighting Cancer? It’s Complicated.

People fighting cancer are now eligible for priority COVID vaccination. But the benefit must be weighed against individual health status and doctor recommendations, experts say.

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2020, file photo U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a discussion on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says Cancer Has Returned, But She Has No Plans to Retire

“I have often said I would remain a member of the Court as long as I can do the job full steam. I remain fully able to do that," Ginsburg said in a statement issued by the court.

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These States Expanded Medicaid. This Is What Happened to Their Cancer Death Rates.

Cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not, new research reveals.

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What It’s Like to Fight Brain Cancer Amid Coronavirus

The day of the surgery finally came and I felt a nascent paranoid dread. Before saying goodbye, I hugged my children as though I might not see them again for a long, long time.