The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a proposed rule to lessen the impact of medical debt on an individual’s credit. If finalized as is, the rule would remove all medical debt from credit reports and prohibit creditors from using medical debt to judge peoples’ credit worthiness or credit score.Â
Dennis Slamon, an oncologist and scientist whose research has transformed the treatment of breast cancer, was awarded the 2024 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research from the National Foundation for Cancer Research.
Susan BullmanXi ChenSusan Bullman and Xi Chen were named associate members at the James P. Allison Institute at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Harpreet Singh has joined Precision for Medicine, a clinical research organization, as chief medical officer. In her new role, Singh, a former division director of oncology at FDA, will be responsible for medical strategy and oversight.
The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer is accepting nominations for the 2024 Steven A. Rosenberg Scholars Award, one of the society’s most prestigious opportunities for early-career scientists.
Dave Lew was named chief marketing officer at the American Cancer Society.
Northwell Health and the START Center for Cancer Research announced plans to form a groundbreaking partnership.Â
Thyme Care received an investment from Echo Health Ventures, a strategic platform investing on behalf of multiple Blues health plans, and CVS Health Ventures, the venture arm of CVS Health.Â
COTA, PreciseDx, and Baptist Health South Florida announced a collaboration to assess and validate the performance of the artificial intelligence-enabled PreciseBreast test that predicts the likelihood of invasive breast cancer recurrence.
Personalis Inc. announced the commencement of commercialization efforts by Tempus for NeXT Personal, Personalis’ ultra-sensitive, whole genome-based liquid biopsy assay for detection of minimal residual disease and recurrence in cancer.Â
