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Thanks to funding from the National Cancer Institute, Kimberly Kaphingst, director of cancer communication research, and her team are exploring a new way to tea

Thanks to funding from the National Cancer Institute, Kimberly Kaphingst, director of cancer communication research, and her team are exploring a new way to tea

  If the U.S. government is forced to shut down in mid-November, research labs and other federally supported projects at the University of Utah may not be able to receive funding. Congress has temporarily avoided a shutdown after reaching a deal on a continuing resolution last month, but needs to pass all 12 annual appropriation...

An examination of the SCALE-UP Counts program was recently published in the journal Pediatrics.

SCALE-UP Counts was designed to promote COVID-19 testing in local schools. Huntsman Cancer Insitute’s Yelena Wu, PhD, hopes the insight gained from the program improves cancer screening and education initiatives.

Patients from historically medically underserved groups, including patients of color and those who are Spanish-speaking, have less cancer family history information available to them. In addition, existing health records are less comprehensive, according to a study published October 4 in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open.