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Overall mortality rates from breast cancer in the U.S. have fallen by 44% in the last 35 years, saving an estimated half million lives. The American Cancer Society report released earlier this month also underlines persistent racial disparities and the continued upward trend in new cases of breast cancer in women under 50.

Advocates for cancer patients have been pushing for them to be added to Ohio's list of groups eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. They can get in line…

The list of Ohioans who will be eligible for COVID vaccines come Thursday will include all residents 50 and over, patients with Type 2 diabetes and…

Just a few weeks ago, some Midwest state legislatures were aiming to raise the legal age for smoking. But Congress moved first, setting a new national...

Anti-tobacco groups are calling on lawmakers to raise the tax on products that have been left out of recent increases, such as e-cigarettes and chew.…

Noting a sharp rise in colorectal cancer among younger people, the American Cancer Society now suggests that healthy adults get their first screening five years earlier — at age 45.