Cervical cancer is usually caused by human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted infection so common nearly all sexually active men and women will get the virus in their lifetime, according to the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was recently awarded over $3.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help improve colorectal ...

Rates of melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — have doubled over the last three decades in the U.S., according to the June CDC Vital Signs report. Here are seven findings from the CDC Vital ...

NFL Alumni expands efforts to prevent and support early detection in Dallas, Kansas City, New York/Northern New Jersey, and Pittsburgh According to the CDC, lung cancer is the third most common cancer ...

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention published a report on June 30 that found that the total number of cancer screening tests received by women through the health agency’s ...

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Colorectal cancer has claimed a grim new distinction among younger Americans. A research letter published in JAMA by American Cancer Society investigators found that the disease is now the leading ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health $15 million over five years for its cancer education, early detection, comprehensive ...

Rates infection related cancer have increased among solid organ transplant recipients, CDC reports a five-fold rise in Kaposi sarcoma virus transmission.

NEW YORK -- Lumber Liquidators' stock is plunging Monday as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says people exposed to certain types of the company's laminate flooring were three times ...