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Although deaths from cancer have gone down over the last couple decades, the disease remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States, just as it has for the last 75 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An outright cure probably won鈥檛 materialize any day soon, but researchers at the University of New Mexico are on the cutting edge of treatment options that show promising results.
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Thousands of people in Albuquerque attended Saturday鈥檚 鈥淣o Kings Day鈥 rally, part of a nationwide day of protest against President Trump's policies.
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A recent study for breast cancer research found significant racial disparities between American Indian and Alaska Native women compared to white women when it comes to standard of care and treatment options. 九色网鈥檚 Taylor Velazquez spoke with Felina Cordova-Marks, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona鈥檚 College of Public Health and co-author of the study.
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Dangerous dry-cleaning chemicals leached into the soil and the aquifer under Espa帽ola decades ago. The Environmental Protection Agency pulled out recently鈥
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As the U.S. prepared to detonate the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in the 鈥40s, the federal government sought uranium on Navajo land. Decades later,鈥
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When a kid鈥檚 parent gets cancer, it鈥檚 confusing and scary for everyone. This edition of The Children鈥檚 Hour features kids who have been there. They'll鈥
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Congress passed a law decades ago to apologize to people who were exposed to radiation when the U.S. tested nuclear weapons. New Mexico鈥檚 never been鈥
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The first time an atomic bomb was ever detonated, it happened in New Mexico. The Trinity test spread radiation far and wide here in 1945. People fighting鈥
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It鈥檚 expensive and it takes years to get a new drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. So researchers at the University of New Mexico are鈥
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Most everyone knows someone who has died of cancer. It鈥檚 the number two killer in the United States. A White House initiative tried to jump start efforts鈥