Senate Health Committee investigates cancer in Washington
Hala Moddelmog, M.A., CEO, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Cancer challenges and opportunities in the 21st century on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2008. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)
Latest Headlines
The number of participants in the three-day Susan G. Komen for the Cure walk in the Chicago area dipped 30 percent this year, organizers said.
Officials of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure in Dallas announced Wednesday it is looking for a president, chief executive and chief operating officer.
The world's largest breast cancer charity may be leaving out the downside to breast cancer screening in promoting mammography, U.S. researchers say.
A New Jersey chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure said the flap over the breast-cancer charity's ties to Planned Parenthood has hurt fundraising.
The annual Race for the Cure breast cancer walk in Washington was down by 12,000 participants this year, organizers said Saturday
Organizers of this year's Susan G. Komen for the Cure race in Indianapolis report registration is way down following the Planned Parenthood controversy.
Karen Handel, a former GOP politician in Georgia, resigned Tuesday from Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the wake of the flap over funding Planned Parenthood.
Donations to Planned Parenthood have soared since the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation cut donations to the group, officials said.
A Planned Parenthood official says "right-wing groups" pressured Susan G. Komen for the Cure into ending grants to the U.S. reproductive health organization.
A Christian products store in Nashville says it will no longer sell a pink Bible because sales benefited a charity with ties to Planned Parenthood.
Quotes
United Press International
