Haiti's Cervical Cancer Epidemic
In much of the world, the disease has been all but cured, but in developing countries it remains a common killer of women.
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Battleground
Chattanooga, Tennessee—Marine Corps veteran Joshua Blea pays his respects at a memorial to four Marines and a Navy seaman who were killed on July 16 when Kuwaiti-born gunman Mohammod Abdulazeez opened fire at a military recruiting station and a naval reserve facility. Police shot and killed the attacker, a 24-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who grew up and went to college in Chattanooga. Authorities are treating the attack as an act of terrorism and investigating a trip Abdulazeez made to Jordan last year.
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Periscope
The U.S. has indicted Karl Lee for selling advanced missile and nuclear technology and materials to Iran.
Talk Is Not Cheap: Inside the Shadowy Business of Prison Pay Phones
Critics say the industry is rife with exorbitant fees and sweetheart deals to local sheriffs. Will the FCC act?
Two Numbers: Forget Student Loans—Day Care Will Cost You an Arm and a Leg
The average cost for child care can creep up to as much $16,000 annually in the U.S.
The City Takes on the State: De Blasio and Cuomo's Feud Won't End Well
You can't fight city hall, unless you're the governor, and Cuomo and de Blasio are really going at it.
Horizons
New cancer drugs can extend life for days, months, even years. But they can also push you and your family into bankruptcy.
Children's Cancer Is Unprofitable and Ignored
Every year, the number of kids dying of cancer grows, yet new medications to treat them are achingly scarce.
Don't Get Cancer if You're in Prison
If you do, chances are the correctional health care system will hem and haw until it's too late.
Vikings Might Slay Cancer
An age-old fascination with genealogy helps Icelandic scientists chart their nation's entire genome.
The 'LinkedIn' for Cancer
'Super responders'—patients whose recovery is so remarkable it defies expectation—are being used to help design better-targeted cancer treatments.
Programming Bacteria to Kill Cancer Cells
New immunotherapy research holds promises of treating cancer and providing long-term protection from recurrence.
Kanzius Cancer Machine Gets Its First Human Trial
The growth of nanotechnology is revitalizing hope in the radio wave cancer cure many thought to be bunk science.
Marijuana Is a Wonder Drug When It Comes to the Horrors of Chemo
"I would get blasted on the stuff and be happy as a clam, no problems," said former cancer patient Jeff Moroso.
Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Lifelong Challenges
The chances of surviving childhood cancer are rising, but so are the long-term effects of toxic treatments.
Top Cancer Doctors 2015
'Newsweek,' in conjunction with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is proud to present the list of the 'Top Cancer Doctors 2015' for the United States.
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