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Beating the Bidi Habit In India

An interview with Vandana Shah explores tobacco use and policy in India

India Needs Cancer Care Outside its Big Cities

India's poorest often travel hundreds of kilometers to access cancer care

Gender

HPV Vaccination and the Quest to Solve India's Cervical Cancer Problem

Misinformation, stigma, and health disparities have stalled HPV vaccination

Governance

Russian Roulette at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

How Russia's militarization of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant threatens human health

Poverty

Surviving Childhood Cancer Depends on Where You Live

How achieving Cancer Moonshot goals will help address pediatric cancer in low- and middle-income countries

Poverty

Cancer in Africa, a Financially Devastating Disease

A physician in Senegal shares her cancer story from "the land of universal health coverage"

Governance

Changing the Course of Cancer in Mongolia

Inspired by her physician grandmother, Dr. Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh has strived to improve care in the East Asian nation 

Gender

Cancer Doesn't Stop For You, Millennial

So don't skip out on your annual wellness exam, a young cancer survivor warns

Governance

Lack of Awareness of Cancer and the Efficacy of Therapy Undermines Africa's Cancer Control Efforts

Governments in sub-Saharan Africa should commit to making cancer a public health priority

Gender

Systemic Racism in Mammogram Guidelines

Breaking down U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations in the COVID-19 pandemic

Governance

COVID-19 and Tobacco: Unmasking the Smoke Screen

World No Tobacco Day 2020 exposes the false dichotomy between public health and the economy when it comes to Big Tobacco

Trade

Smoke and Mirrors in Bangladesh

Three lessons we can learn from Bangladesh about tobacco industry influence and corruption

Poverty

Tackling Cancer Through Universal Health Coverage

Turning the tide through prevention, treatment, and other cancer control interventions depends on strong health systems

Aging

“Ordinary Love” and Extraordinary Compassion

New film starring Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville depicts the gloomy, gray uncertainty of modern breast cancer treatment