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I Was Diagnosed with Incurable Cancer. This Futuristic Treatment Could Save Me.
“I’ve endured numerous rounds of radiation and taken thousands of pills—but CAR-T is the most effective therapy I’ve completed yet.”
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My Colon
“Until I was diagnosed last year, I had never met anyone with colon cancer—or at least anyone who had been open about it.”
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Saving Rhea Seegobin
“For the growing number of Canadians who will get cancer in their lifetimes, the financial stress can be profound.”
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This Amarillo Woman Devoted Years to Maintaining America’s Nuclear Arsenal. She’s Paid a Hefty Price.
“Sarah Ray has spent two decades helping others seek compensation for cancer and other illnesses likely contracted at the Pantex plant.”
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We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
“What illness taught me about true friendship.”
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Did Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Really Tell Me I Gave My Son Cancer?
“The likely next secretary of Health and Human Services scared me with a cruel and misleading statement—and that’s the danger he poses to parents everywhere.”
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The Price of Remission
“When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.”
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Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
“The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews — sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.”
