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The North Dakota Senate voted down a bill on Friday that would have cut the cost of breast cancer screenings for state employees. House Bill 1283 would have prohibited health insurance coverage ...

Right now, only 14 of the more than 200 known cancer types are covered. The bill now heads back to the House for another vote as it passed out of the Senate with an amendment. Members of the Local ...

A new spit test for prostate cancer which can be done at home may be better than current testing methods, a study suggests. Experts have developed a simple saliva test which analyses genetic ...

Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), might allow it to sidestep some funding pitfalls. Rather than create a new benefit program, the bill would grant firefighters who have non-9/11 cancer-related conditions ...

INJURIES. WELL, SOME IOWANS WHO LOST LOVED ONES ARE CELEBRATING TODAY AFTER SENATE LAWMAKERS PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD HELP FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING CANCER. KCCI CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER AMANDA ROOKER ...

But some say they do not receive adequate care. On Wednesday morning, a Missouri Senate committee heard a bill that would guarantee cancer wards are a patient-first environment. Nicole Robinson is ...

After years of discussions and planning, a pedestrian mall will soon open from The Paseo to Woodland Avenue on 18th Street. A beautiful day, sunny in the upper 70s with storms for some late ...

Springfield Mayor Ken McClure spent his final day as mayor reminiscing with those he’s worked with for the past decade. Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the ...

Iowa firefighters and law enforcement on the state’s municipal retirement system would have expanded cancer coverage under a bill passed out of the Senate Wednesday. Currently, employees can ...