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This February 2021 photo shows Stacy Hill, 48, of Philadelphia. After she lost her job and health insurance, a colonoscopy revealed two growths that were caught before they turned cancerous. “I was shocked,” Hill said. “I’m a proactive-type person so I was glad to know.” Doctors also helped her enroll in Medicaid, “so now I have medical insurance” and can continue getting cancer screenings, she said. (Stacy Hill via AP)
Researchers study impact of pandemic cancer screening pause

By Marilynn Marchione Mar. 16, 2021 01:07 AM EDT

FILE — In this Dec. 21, 2017, file photo, Syracuse forward Digna Strautmane, center, and guard Tiana Mangakahia, right, chase the ball next to a Mississippi State player during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Las Vegas. In spite of everything that's been thrown her way, the smile of Syracuse point guard Tiana Mangakahia and her effervescent persona remain as infectious as ever in the waning weeks of her final season in college. It's in her DNA. (AP Photo/David Becker, File)
Syracuse's heart: PG, cancer survivor Tiana Mangakahia

By John Kekis Feb. 24, 2021 02:32 AM EST

Illinois Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Nov. 04, 2020 12:39 AM EST
Here are editorials published in newspapers around Illinois November 1, 2020 The (Champaign) News-Gazette ...

Sibling survivors: Sisters battle breast cancer together

By Danny Mcarthur, The Daily Journal Oct. 31, 2020 12:01 AM EDT
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Ripley native Lora Gaines, 58, found a lump in her breast a week before her annual mammogram on Oct. 29, 2019. A week later, she was...

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Oct. 07, 2020 07:16 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Oct. 7 The Decatur Daily on Breast Cancer Awareness...

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Oct. 07, 2020 06:23 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Oct. 7 The Brunswick News on a Confederate monument...

In this June 3, 2020, photo, Associated Press retail writer Anne D’Innocenzio sits at her piano in her apartment in New York. Her piano has been a source of comfort during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Anne D’Innocenzio)
VIRUS DIARY: A cancer survivor takes comfort in her piano

By Anne D'innocenzio Jun. 05, 2020 12:07 PM EDT

In this May 3, 2020 photo, the setting sun shines on the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Monday, May 11, 2020, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a disability discrimination lawsuit she filed against her former employer, St. James Catholic School in Torrance, California. A judge initially sided with the school and halted the lawsuit, but an appeals court disagreed and said it could go forward.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Catholic schools, ex-teachers clash in Supreme Court case

By Jessica Gresko May. 08, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

Wisconsin hospitals suing patients over debt amid pandemic

By Bram Sable-Smith Of Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch. Apr. 11, 2020 01:01 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When her doorbell rang on Sunday night, March 29, Blanche Jordan was just starting a new Game of Thrones puzzle on her living room floor. ...