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    Innovative Oncology Nurses Break Down Communication Barriers for Patients Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    Special Populations
    Innovative Oncology Nurses Break Down Communication Barriers for Patients Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    March 10, 2023
    How I Practice Mindfulness as an Oncology Nurse
    Nurse well-being
    How I Practice Mindfulness as an Oncology Nurse
    March 03, 2023
    Clinical and Pharmaceutical Nurse Educators Collaborate to Bring Training to Nurses and Improve Patient Care
    Oncology nurse education
    Clinical and Pharmaceutical Nurse Educators Collaborate to Bring Training to Nurses and Improve Patient Care
    January 13, 2023
    Oncology Nurse Uses Retirement to Help Patients and Healthcare Professionals Understand Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Testing Results
    Pancreatic cancer
    Oncology Nurse Uses Retirement to Help Patients and Healthcare Professionals Understand Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Testing Results
    November 11, 2022
    The Life of Marie Curie and Her Contributions to Oncology
    Cancer treatments
    The Life of Marie Curie and Her Contributions to Oncology
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    Cancer Knows No Party, but Politicians Proudly Proclaim Their Prognoses and Promote Policy
    Health Policy

    Cancer Knows No Party, but Politicians Proudly Proclaim Their Prognoses and Promote Policy

    From President Richard Nixon’s war on cancer in 1971 to President Joe Biden’s commitment to “ending cancer as we know it” in 2022, fighting the disease has been a bipartisan focus. Yet in that era, when cancer hit home, policymakers often hushed their own diagnoses. But times change, and many of today’s lawmakers are now boldly sharing their personal experiences with cancer as inspiration for action.

    March 23, 2023
    Legislators Introduce Bill for Cancer Survivorship
    Cancer health policy

    Legislators Introduce Bill for Cancer Survivorship

    U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced the Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act in December 2022 to address gaps in survivorship care and formulate standards to improve quality of cancer care and navigation needs of survivors.

    January 25, 2023
    Nurses Are Pivotal to Advancing Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative
    Cancer health policy

    Nurses Are Pivotal to Advancing Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative

    As the most trusted professionals for 20 years in a row, nurses witness the needs of those in our care and are suited to translate them to legislatures, regulatory agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and insurers. We do that by speaking plainly about the impact that cancer has on patients and their families. As experts, our ideas and language can translate into practice changes to transform cancer care.

    August 09, 2022
    Legislation and Cancer Care
    Cancer health policy

    Legislation and Cancer Care

    Research and practice changes funded through healthcare legislation have influenced today’s care delivery across all settings: hospitals, clinics, and even homes. And with their constituents laser-focused on health in today’s pandemic society, legislators have never made that happen so quickly.

    August 02, 2022
    $560 Million in Relief Payments Distributed to Institutions Affected by COVID-19
    COVID-19

    $560 Million in Relief Payments Distributed to Institutions Affected by COVID-19

    More than $560 million in provider relief fund (PRF) phase four distribution payments reached more than 4,100 healthcare institutions across the United States in February 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will be used to help healthcare institutions prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including maintaining operations at facilities and recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals during the workforce shortage.

    April 21, 2022
    Robert Otto Valdez Appointed AHRQ Director
    Research

    Robert Otto Valdez Appointed AHRQ Director

    Internationally recognized for expertise in health services research, the U.S. healthcare system, and health policy analysis, Robert Otto Valdez, PhD, MHSA, was appointed as director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in February 2022, where he leads the agency’s work in improving and promoting patient safety.

    April 20, 2022
    Katrina Goddard Appointed as Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Director
    Cancer health policy

    Katrina Goddard Appointed as Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Director

    Katrina A.B. Goddard, PhD, a genetic epidemiologist who worked on 25 federally funded research studies, is the director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) as of October 2021, where she oversees a range of cancer-related research.

    December 15, 2021
    NIH Director Francis Collins to Step Down at Year’s End
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    NIH Director Francis Collins to Step Down at Year’s End

    Serving on the team that launched the Cancer Moonshot Initiative was just one of the many achievements in Francis Collins’, MD, PhD, 12-year tenure as the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Collins announced in October 2021 that he is stepping down from his role by the end of 2021 after serving as NIH director for three presidential appointments, during which he advocated for increasing NIH’s research budget, learning more about the human genome, and developing treatments tailored to unique genetics.

    October 26, 2021
    Study Shows Anti-Vaping Advertising Campaigns Are Effective in Educating Youth About Tobacco Dangers
    Cancer health policy

    Study Shows Anti-Vaping Advertising Campaigns Are Effective in Educating Youth About Tobacco Dangers

    Young people who see anti-vaping advertisements and prevention campaigns are more likely to have accurate e-cigarette knowledge, which can lead to a decrease in tobacco use and consequently, lung cancer diagnoses, according to a July 2021 study from the Truth Initiative, an organization devoted to educating youth about smoking and tobacco industries.

    September 02, 2021
    Challenging Times Require Bold Policy Actions
    Cancer health policy

    Challenging Times Require Bold Policy Actions

    On April 28, 2021, in his first congressional address to the U.S. Congress, President Joe Biden proposed another major piece of legislation to put the country back on a path to enhance public health and promote economic growth. It was the latest in a series of bills from the new administration that have implications for oncology nurses and patients with cancer. 

    June 17, 2021
    Biden Transition Team Appoints Health Experts to Lead Various Agencies
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Biden Transition Team Appoints Health Experts to Lead Various Agencies

    President Joe Biden made several campaign promises to improve or safeguard health care for all Americans with a focus on scientific and medical evidence. Shortly after the transfer of power, the Biden administration appointed and nominated public health experts to lead the various federal agencies dedicated to safety and biomedical research. 

    February 24, 2021
    Coalitions Cement Nursing’s—and ONS’s—Position in Health Policy
    Cancer health policy

    Coalitions Cement Nursing’s—and ONS’s—Position in Health Policy

    Through two letters—one to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and another to U.S. Senate and House leaders—the Nursing Community Coalition, on whose steering committee ONS sits, congratulated policymakers while outlining the need for continued support of nurses in health care. 

    February 18, 2021
    Biden's First 100 Days Provide Opportunities to Prioritize Health Care
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Biden's First 100 Days Provide Opportunities to Prioritize Health Care

    “The first 100 days,” a phrase coined by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933, is an opportunity for a new administration to outline its early accomplishments and set a tone of reassurance. Under that philosophy, the Biden-Harrison transition team issued a series of announcements and nominations beginning in November 2020 to set a tenor and provide insight on the first phase of the new presidency.

    January 21, 2021
    ONS Supports Bipartisan  Resolution  to Recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month
    Lung Cancer

    ONS Supports Bipartisan  Resolution  to Recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

    Lung cancer knows no state boundary or political ideology. But it can bring the two sides together, like it did when U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), member of the Senate Health Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a resolution to recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The resolution, which ONS supports, promotes the importance of and need to improve lung cancer early detection.

    December 14, 2020
    Cures 2.0 Act Would Expand on the Successes of 21st Century Cures Legislation
    Cancer health policy

    Cures 2.0 Act Would Expand on the Successes of 21st Century Cures Legislation

    Building on the success of the 21st Century Cures Act passed in 2016, U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have begun work on the follow-up Cures 2.0 Act, intended to “safely and efficiently modernize the delivery of health care in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,” the representatives said in a press release.

    November 09, 2020
    COVID-19 Legislation Advances Nursing’s Scope of Practice
    COVID-19

    COVID-19 Legislation Advances Nursing’s Scope of Practice

    More than a decade has passed since the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Medicine) published its Report on the Future of Nursing in 2010, yet not a great deal has improved.

    July 23, 2020
    Healthcare for All Is a Competing Idea in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Healthcare for All Is a Competing Idea in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

    When standing up for patients, championing treatments, or stopping an unfair process, nurses speak truth to power. Being on the front lines is part of every nurse’s routine, but many shy away from engaging in the policy world under similar circumstances that affect the profession, patients, and peers. It doesn’t have to be that way. Nurses can educate themselves on the candidates and policy issues and lend their voice to the political conversation.

    May 21, 2020
    Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Flavored Tobacco Are Reversing 20 Years of Decreasing Smoking Rates
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Flavored Tobacco Are Reversing 20 Years of Decreasing Smoking Rates

    The public push for a transformation in tobacco policy began with a persistent legislator seeking real change. Opening his historic congressional hearing in 1994, U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) said, “The truth is that cigarettes are the single most dangerous consumer product ever sold. Nearly a half million Americans die every year as a result of tobacco. This is an astounding, almost incomprehensible statistic. Imagine our nation’s outrage if two fully loaded jumbo jets crashed each day, killing all aboard. Yet that is the same number of Americans that cigarettes kill every 24 hours. Sadly, this deadly habit begins with our kids. Each day 3,000 children will begin smoking. In many cases they become hooked quickly and develop a life-long addiction that is nearly impossible to break.” 

    April 23, 2020
    Texas Nurses Show Advocacy in Action by Bringing the Message Home to Policymakers
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Texas Nurses Show Advocacy in Action by Bringing the Message Home to Policymakers

    As the largest ONS chapter in the United States with more than 2,000 members, the Houston ONS Chapter is primed to make an impact with the state’s lawmakers. In August 2019, chapter members did just that, combining forces with other local chapters for a pilot event featuring ONS policy education and advocacy training deep in the heart of Texas. Almost 100 ONS members participated to get support and education to speak with decision makers about the needs of the profession as well as the patients oncology nurses serve.

    October 28, 2019
    Nurse Meets With New Hampshire Lawmakers to Connect Them to ONS Health Policy
    Health Policy

    Nurse Meets With New Hampshire Lawmakers to Connect Them to ONS Health Policy

    While representing ONS in June 2019 at the National Institute for Nursing Research in Bethesda, MD, I met with my state’s congressional delegation to introduce ONS’s health policy legislative agenda to their offices on Capitol Hill. Despite it being one of the hottest days on record for the nation’s capital, the congressional offices offered a cool place for health policy discussions.

    July 24, 2019
    Tobacco 21 Gets Federal Boost
    Health Policy

    Tobacco 21 Gets Federal Boost

    In February 2019, the U.S. Surgeon General declared the rise of youth vaping was the latest epidemic facing the American public. Reversing a two-decades-long trend of declining smoking rates among underage smokers, e-cigarette use and vaping have become commonplace among children younger than 18.

    July 20, 2019
    America’s Old Tobacco Business Reignites as a New Industry
    Health Policy

    America’s Old Tobacco Business Reignites as a New Industry

    America’s love affair with tobacco has a long and sordid history. As automated machines ushered in a new age of modernization in the early 20th century, cigarettes were readily available as never before. Although some in the temperance movement believed tobacco products were the gateway to alcohol and drug abuse, by the 1930s and 1940s, physicians were touting cigarettes as almost a healing treatment that calmed the nerves and desensitized the body with positive effects. 

    July 18, 2019
    Lowy Appointed NCI Acting Director
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    Lowy Appointed NCI Acting Director

    Government service isn’t forever. Dynamic, transformative leaders enter and leave federally appointed positions for a variety of reasons and new appointments. Such was the case for the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) former director Norman Sharpless, MD, who was appointed to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April 2019 after Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced he would step down as of June 2019.

    May 21, 2019
    DOJ Says ACA Invald; Pre-Existing Condition Protections; Medicaid Work Requirements
    Affordable Care Act (ACA)

    DOJ Says ACA Invalid; Pre-Existing Condition Protections; Medicaid Work Requirements

    In a move that echoed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) previous stance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Trump administration’s DOJ announced it was siding with a lower court’s ruling that stated ACA was invalid and unconstitutional. Siding with conservative state attorneys general who sued and won a lower federal court judgment on the constitutionality of law, DOJ issued a terse, two-sentence letter supporting the judge’s decision to strike the law down.

    April 01, 2019
    Federal Furlough Forlorn: Cancer Care’s Constraints
    Health Policy

    Federal Furlough Forlorn: Cancer Care’s Constraints

    On January 25, 2019, President Trump announced a deal to end the longest U.S. government partial shutdown in history—35 days of closed public places and programs, furloughed or unpaid federal employees, and an apprehensive American nation. What was its impact on health policy and, more specifically, cancer care?

    March 01, 2019
    Trump Promises $500 Million Increase to Pediatric Cancer Research
    Cancer health policy

    Trump Promises $500 Million Increase to Pediatric Cancer Research

    Pediatric cancers have more than an 80% overall cure rate, and that, at first glance, seems like something to celebrate. However, in terms of lives lost to different pediatric cancers, the American Cancer Society estimated that more than 1,100 children under the age of 15 will die from their disease in 2019—roughly one in five children diagnosed. Although survival rates are improving in cancers like acute lymphocytic leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma, other childhood cancer types haven’t seen increased survival since the early 2000s.

    February 26, 2019
    Surgeon General Declares Youth Vaping an Epidemic
    Health Policy

    Surgeon General Declares Youth Vaping an Epidemic

    Since their inception, e-cigarettes have made the public health sector uneasy. Initial reports suggested that e-cigarettes could be an opportunity for long-time adult smokers to step down their usage, acting as a bridge to smoking cessation. However, recent reports indicate that youth vaping and e-cigarette use has risen sharply in the past two years—creating an entirely new generation of smokers. U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, issued a statement declaring youth vaping a national epidemic.

    February 02, 2019
    Nurse Explains How Socioeconomics May Influence Cancer Outcomes
    Health Policy

    Nurse Explains How Socioeconomics May Influence Cancer Outcomes

    Race and economics are still driving cancer treatment and survivorship, ONS member Janice Phillips, RN, PHD, FAAN, explained in her article, “Unfair Diagnosis: Socioeconomic Gap Drives Cancer Outcomes,” published in January 2019 in Scientific American.

    January 31, 2019
    What the Midterm Election Results Mean for Health Policy in 2019
    Health Policy

    What the Midterm Election Results Mean for Health Policy in 2019

    Election results may appear to be seismic shifts, jarring the foundations of the American political system to its core as voters stare in disbelief, attempting to translate the meaning of the public’s intent. But is that really the case?

    January 01, 2019
    Capitol Hill Days Brings Nurses’ Voices to Policymakers
    Oncology nurse influence

    Capitol Hill Days Brings Nurses’ Voices to Policymakers

    Since 2016, ONS has gathered hundreds of nurse advocates in the nation’s capital to speak truth to power during its annual Hill Days conference. This two-day meeting brings more than 100 oncology nurses to Washington, DC, to learn about the Society’s health policy legislative agenda and to be trained in how to educate elected officials on the priority issues most important to ONS members.

    December 24, 2018
    Advocacy Community Supports NCI Fiscal Year 2020 Proposal
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    Advocacy Community Supports NCI Fiscal Year 2020 Proposal

    A billion dollars was once an astronomical amount of money to spend on one federal agency. But since the 1950s when Senator Dirksen (R-IL) was a leading voice for fiscal conservatives, the federal government’s budget has ballooned, with both political parties equally responsible for increases. During this time, great achievements have been made, and much of it in biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as what former Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) often referred to as the crown jewel of the federal government.

    November 26, 2018
    An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
    Cancer health policy

    An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

    When Senator John McCain (R-AZ) passed away in August 2018 from aggressive glioblastoma just one day after his family announced he stopped treatment, it put a poignant highlight in Washington on a need of which oncology nurses are far too aware: palliative care and hospice. Ideally, palliative care begins at the time of a cancer diagnosis and is aimed at managing symptoms throughout the cancer journey. Hospice begins when a patient’s prognosis is six months or less, yet in most cases, as McCain’s illustrates, patients begin hospice far too close to death. Many point to a lack of awareness and education—for patients and the public as well as oncology nurses and other palliative care providers.

    October 31, 2018
    Oncology Nurse Appointed to PCORI Board of Governors
    Research

    Oncology Nurse Appointed to PCORI Board of Governors

    As the U.S. government’s arm of patient-centered research, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research institute (PCORI) is driving new initiatives and opportunities focused on unlocking novel treatment methods and cutting-edge interventions to better care for patients. On September 24, 2018, PCORI announced its new Board of Governors, naming ONS member Christopher Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN®, FAAN, as the agency’s first nursing research representative to hold a seat on the board.

    October 03, 2018
    Biden Cancer Summit; PCORI Governing Board; Low-Income Smokers
    Cancer moonshot

    Biden Cancer Summit; PCORI Governing Board; Low-Income Smokers

    The Biden Cancer Summit was held in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2018. The day-long event was filled with cancer-related educational sessions—some hosted by ONS leadership—discussing ways to move cancer research and care forward. Formerly dubbed the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, the country-wide effort to make a quantum leap in cancer care has evolved in into the Biden Cancer Initiative (BCI). BCI’s ongoing work will continue to break down barriers and help providers and researchers overcome obstacles as they work toward progress in cancer care.

    October 01, 2018
    Key Federal Health Policy Legislation Updates for 2018
    Health Policy

    Key Federal Health Policy Legislation Updates for 2018

    ’Tis the season. Well, at least in DC, it’s an exciting time. A political year. A long summer recess. A host of bills that are on the verge of passing. We are all aflutter with anticipation of the possibilities. But legislators need to remember who sent them to Washington and for what reason. Advocacy begins at home, and elected officials are heartened by what their constituents request, especially when that legislation is bipartisan and emotional and can affect people’s lives.

    August 01, 2018
    U.S. House Passes Two ONS Priority Bills to Advance Palliative Care and Strengthen Nursing Workforce
    Health Policy

    U.S. House Passes Two ONS Priority Bills to Advance Palliative Care and Strengthen Nursing Workforce

    On July 23, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by voice vote two ONS priority bills that would provide palliative care training, awareness, and research and funding to build the nursing workforce.

    July 24, 2018
    House Overwhelmingly Passes Final Opioid Package
    Health Policy

    House Overwhelmingly Passes Final Opioid Package; Texas v. the United States Could Impact Patients With Preexisting Conditions; Lawmakers Who Forged ACA Look Back

    Through tremendous bipartisan support, the House of Representatives passed comprehensive opioid legislation to address the national abuse epidemic in the United States on June 22, 2018. For many healthcare advocates, an opioid legislation package has been a long time coming. The opioid crisis has been in the news since before the 2016 presidential election but was brought to the forefront during that campaign.

    July 02, 2018
    Two ONS Priority Health Bills Make Progress Out of House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health
    Health Policy

    Two ONS Priority Health Bills Make Progress Out of House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

    On June 27, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health passed by voice vote two health bills that have been among ONS’s top legislative priorities: the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act ([PCHETA], H.R. 1676) and the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (H.R. 959). The bills are now poised for consideration by the full House Energy and Commerce Committee.

    July 02, 2018
    Cancer Prevention and Awareness Starts With Oncology Nurses
    Cancer prevention

    Cancer Prevention and Awareness Starts With Oncology Nurses

    April is designated as National Cancer Control Month in the United States. It’s a federally endorsed observation, annually encouraged by a proclamation from the president. April is dedicated to raising awareness for cancer prevention and treatment throughout the country. Approved through a joint resolution by Congress in 1938, the yearly presidential announcement serves as a reminder to all Americans that awareness of the factors that cause or prevent cancer are crucial to the public health.  

    April 18, 2018
    Medicare Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
    Health Policy

    Medicare Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

    At the center of the President Lyndon B. Johnson’s great society was Medicare, a federal program designed as a partial safety net primarily for America’s older adults. It was signed into law on July 30, 1965. Controversial at the time, it is now sacrosanct and often referred to as the “third rail of politics”: touch it and die.

    April 10, 2018
    ONS Member Advocates for Patient Involvement in Clinical Pathways
    Patient advocacy

    ONS Member Advocates for Patient Involvement in Clinical Pathways

    I was selected to represent ONS as a panelist at the Cancer Innovation Coalition meeting held in Washington, DC in February 2018. The meeting, “Integrating Patient Perspective into Clinical Pathways: A Dialogue Between Stakeholders,” brought together patient advocates, healthcare professionals, and technology stakeholders to address and identify the importance of patient-centered care and involving patients in clinical pathways. The National Patient Advocate Foundation released an article outlining the topics covered in our discussion.

    April 04, 2018
    CDC Has New Director Designee
    Cancer health policy

    CDC Has New Director Designee

    Presidential appointees come, and presidential appointees go. Recently, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) director resigned for financial conflicts of interest. The new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Alex Azar, sought to fill the important public health role as soon as possible. With opioids, the flu, vaccine shortages, and cancer prevention under the purview of the CDC, finding a new director was crucial to continuing the agency’s work. Since many of the CDC’s top officials are often reported on in the news, replacing the director was also essential for public trust in public health.

    April 03, 2018
    Right-to-Try Bill Fails to Pass House; Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Help Patients Navigate Cancer Care; President’s Cancer Panel Urges Action to Lower Drug Costs
    Cancer health policy

    Right-to-Try Bill Fails to Pass House; Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Help Patients Navigate Cancer Care; President’s Cancer Panel Urges Action to Lower Drug Costs

    Legislation ushering experimental drugs and treatments to patients without U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval hit a snag on March 13, 2018, after it failed to garner enough votes in the House of Representatives. The right-to-try bill, a priority for the Trump administration, didn’t accrue the two-thirds majority vote needed to pass it along to the Senate. Lawmakers opposed to the bill had lingering questions about the safety concerns connected to bypassing FDA regulations for patients searching for new treatments. Patient advocacy groups have been speaking out against tenets of the bill, expressing concern for removing the FDA from the process.

    March 19, 2018
    National Agencies Recognize Oncology Nursing’s Role in Coordinated Patient Care
    Health Policy

    National Agencies Recognize Oncology Nursing’s Role in Coordinated Patient Care

    We live in the greatest age of scientific discovery and medical breakthroughs. Advances in the innovation and understanding of diseases are providing more insight into how we treat, and often cure, people with life-threatening illnesses. What was once deemed a death sentence diagnosis is now described as a chronic disorder, that can be handled with the help of the patient and a team of healthcare providers.

    March 15, 2018
    CDC Offers Insight on Common Cancer Questions
    Cancer health policy

    CDC Offers Insight on Common Cancer Questions

    To ensure more Americans understand the public health implications of cancer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is taking an active role in creating awareness activities. By posting commonly asked questions, the CDC hopes to demystify cancer and its treatment to the uninitiated, while also helping survivors and caregivers better comprehend the cancer journey.

    March 08, 2018
    Cancer Prevention Is Political Pillow Talk
    Oncology nurse influence

    Cancer Prevention Is Political Pillow Talk

    On February 14, 2018, Valentine’s Day, I had the honor of representing the ONS at the Congressional Families Caucus with Alec Stone, ONS director for public affairs, who made the connection between Congressional Families and ONS. The Congressional Families Caucus is made up of spouses of congressional members serving in the House of Representatives and Senate.

    March 07, 2018
    President’s Budget Proposal Recommends Severe Cuts to HHS
    Cancer health policy

    President’s Budget Proposal Recommends Severe Cuts to HHS

    Putting together the federal budget is an arduous task. Department by department, suggestions for program funding increases and decreases are reviewed, discussed, analyzed, and submitted. Budget officials are trying to match the administration’s priorities and review the fiscal environment, not to mention craft spending items to gain support from congress, who ultimately votes on the budget.

    February 27, 2018
    ONS Advocacy
    Cancer health policy

    2018 U.S. Budget Agreement Contains Key Wins for ONS—Plus an Area of Concern

    The U.S. Congress continued its budget pattern in February, enacting another extension of the 2017 budget agreement into law on February 8, 2018. The current iteration of the budget law will raise caps on defense and non-defense spending over two years and keep the federal government running through March 23, but more importantly, it includes the following provisions of special interest to ONS.

    February 15, 2018
    States Have a Role in Creating Public Health Policies
    Cancer health policy

    States Have a Role in Creating Public Health Policies

    The federal government structure in Washington, DC, is hard to ignore. U.S. children are taught about it in schools, and we hear about it regularly as elections, legislation, appointments, and the like are discussed in the news. Less recognized, though, is that each state has a similar legislative structure.

    February 06, 2018
    NIH: A Look Back at 2017 in Research
    Research

    NIH: A Look Back at 2017 in Research

    To plan for a strong future, one must understand the past. Reviewing the previous year’s accomplishments is always a good policy for reflection and improvement. It can help remind us of the accomplishments achieved in 12 short months. Such was the case at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as director Francis Collins addressed the research achievements for 2017 in his opening blog.

    January 30, 2018
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