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Kathy Griffin spotted in Los Angeles after updating fans about health amid cancer battle

The comedian underwent surgery last month to have half her left lung removed and said doctors are "very optimistic" about her recovery.

9/11 toxic exposure triggers cancer battles 20 years later

Tom Wilson, former NYPD sergeant on 9/11, recalls his eyes and throat burning before his toxic exposure from the collapsed World Trade Center towers and debris at Fresh Kills landfill later cascaded to severe sinusitis, gastrointestinal issues and an aggressive cancerous tumor on the tongue, among other adverse health effects.

NIH unraveling cause behind never smokers’ lung cancers

Never smokers’ tumors were found to stem from mutations driven by natural bodily processes, the the National Cancer Institute announced.

Klobuchar reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer, has had successful treatment

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., announced Thursday that earlier this year she was diagnosed with Stage 1A breast cancer, and has since undergone treatment that doctors said was successful.

Sarah Harding, Girls Aloud singer, dead at 39

Sarah Harding released a memoir titled “Hear Me Out” four months before passing.

‘RHOA’ star NeNe Leakes’ husband Gregg Leakes remembered as a beacon who brought cast together amid tension

Many of NeNe’s former ‘RHOA’ costars also took to social media to honor Gregg and speak to the man he was, including her frequent frenemy Kim Zolciak Biermann, whose feud with NeNe played out both in reality TV and in the public sphere.

Gregg Leakes dead from colon cancer at 66: Tips to lower risk, according to the CDC

NeNe Leakes’ husband Gregg Leakes died from colon cancer, Fox News confirmed Wednesday. He was 66 years old. But who is most at risk and how can people lower the risk of the deadly cancer?

Walensky: FDA working to OK Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster shots for certain immunocompromised patients

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is rapidly approaching a potential authorization for a third dose of Pfizer's and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines among certain immunocompromised patients, within the next day, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.

American Cancer Society urges COVID-19 booster efforts among immunocompromised patients

Ahead of an anticipated FDA authorization for COVID-19 booster vaccines among certain individuals with weakened immune systems, the American Cancer Society has voiced full support behind efforts to offer cancer patients greater protection against COVID-19.

Researchers ask FDA to pull more sunscreens over possible carcinogen

A group of researchers has called on the Food and Drug Administration to pull certain popular sunscreen brands after they said they’ve found evidence of a potential cancer-causing chemical.