SAN ANTONIO – Elizabeth Martinez is celebrating being cancer-free, but it doesn’t erase the memory of her breast cancer diagnosis in 2023.”I went to do my mammogram regular screening, and they called me that I had cancer,” Elizabeth recalls. “I was stunned. I was very stunned.”Elizabeth and her family were ready to fight, but she hit a road block.”I needed a ride to go to my appointments because we had to go to different doctors, different locations,” she said. “I had a car but it wasn’t really that good.”That’s when a social worker at the oncologist’s office told Elizabeth about…
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Cancer research is suffering from funding cuts right now and that problem could grow in 2026.The Trump Administration canceled more than $180 million in grants for the National Cancer Institute from the end of February to early April, part of larger cuts to the National Institute of Health.The President is proposing cutting $2.7 billion from the NCI’s 2026 budget. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, but federal research funding is shrinking.Enter the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation, which began in 1971 to honor the legendary Packers coach who lost his…
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – Coloradans may be looking at some serious changes in their health insurance premiums in 2026. The Colorado Division of Insurance released preliminary information on private health insurance plans with premium increases as high as 38 percent, and insurance companies are estimating nearly 100,000 Coloradans will lose their health insurance coverage. Families across Colorado who purchased their health insurance through an individual market will see increases, and the western slope will see the largest increase, with over ten percent higher than the Denver and Boulder region. “This is the result of what’s happening at the federal…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – A Springfield family is still without power after the June 29 severe storms. It’s an electrical issue that they thought would be covered.The homeowner explains that he wishes he had known more before signing up for an optional home protection plan.“The circuit breaker box is folded back from the pressure,” said Mike Whitsitt.You’ll need a flashlight inside Whitsitt’s home.“None of the wires snapped. It pulled this whole system up through the roof,” he said.A 34-foot pine tree is to blame. It fell on a power line between a pole and the house. He needs new wiring…
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NILES, Ohio (WKBN) – A Niles teen with a brain tumor is having an up and down summer. WKBN 27 First News talked with Chase Miller in May as Make-A-Wish was sending him on a special trip. Today, he gave an update on his situation. The summer started good for Chase Miller, on a beach in San Diego — his dream trip. “Honestly, I enjoyed it all,” he said. The West Coast visit was a special time for the family put together by Make-A-Wish.“I like the quality time with the family. All of us together,” said Bobbi Jo Boyd, Chase’s mother. Chase…
Ryan Seacrest has shared that his father, Gary Seacrest, is navigating a difficult prostate cancer journey. In an emotional broadcast of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, the American Idol host was prompted to reveal his family’s private struggle while discussing colleague Dennis Clark’s “victory story” of remission from cancer. Ryan had previously shared in a 2021 Instagram post that his father, who turns 81 this month had been “battling cancer for several years”, but at the time, they thought it was “no longer detectable”. However, he has now updated that: “It got worse and it spread.” “When this happens to…
Earlier this summer, wrestling icon Ric Flair announced that he was battling skin cancer.Flair, 76, has dealt with a litany of health issues in recent years. In addition to a prior bout of skin cancer, the WWE Hall of Famer nearly died of organ failure in 2017 and underwent a heart procedure in 2023.Last month, Flair postponed and later canceled a fan event, revealing that it was because he was dealing with skin cancer. “To All My Dear Friends And Fans- I Am So Sorry, That I Will Not Be Able To See You Tuesday. I Have Health Issues, That…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Angie Pannone says cost was the last thing on her mind when her loved one was put in the back of an ambulance last year.“You’re assuming when you have insurance that it’s going to be covered,” Pannone told WBTV.Her assumption was wrong.Pannone received a bill in the mail from Medic charging her $980 dollars — that’s after health insurance agency MedCost paid about $790 dollars of the $1,774 bill.“I thought, there’s no way that this could be accurate,” Pannone said.So she contacted Medic — the emergency medical services provider for the Charlotte area.“They explained to me…
When someone hears the word ‘cancer,’ it can feel like the world stops moving, but help may not be as far away as you think. The American Cancer Society helps patients in multiple ways right here in the Big Country.”We want to end cancer as we know it for everyone,” the ACS Executive Director for West Texas and New Mexico, Amy Carnes, said. Carnes understands that a cancer diagnosis can be scary, shocking and often leave people with many questions. ACS is here to help answer them. RELATED | Sinclair Cares: Help Drive Out Cancer”If you or a loved one…