Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in four months has had severe consequences, paralyzing the operations of the country’s largest children’s hospital and severely affecting the young patients already battling life-threatening diseases.

A new report says progress against childhood cancers has stalled in recent years for Black and Hispanic youth.

All six people on board a helicopter carrying Mexican tourists have died when it crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal.

A novel treatment using supercharged immune cells appears to work against tumors in children with a rare kind of cancer.

Studies have found that certain hair products have been associated with breast and ovarian cancers. The newly released study identified a significant association between a specific type of hair product and cancer.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded researchers at the University of Michigan with a $13 million grant to study how exposure to environmental contaminants can impact individuals’ risk of developing cancer.

(Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)WASHINGTON – Jill Biden promoted two of her passions on Wednesday: military families and cancer research. The first lady also paid a virtual visit to the National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services. AdHer interest in cancer research dates to the 1990s, when four of her friends were diagnosed with breast cancer in the same year. Jill Biden said cancer is a “human issue” that affects everyone regardless of political affiliation. She pledged the administration's continued support for the institute's research, including the Cancer Moonshot initiative that Joe Biden led as vice president.

Firefighters extinguish a vehicle fire after a car crash in front of the National Cancer Institute in Cairo on Sunday night. (CNN) - At least 19 people were killed and 30 people were injured in multiple car explosion outside Egypt's National Cancer Institute, the Ministry of Health said, according to state-run Al-Ahram on Monday. Those injured in the explosion were taken to hospitals and legal action will be taken in the case, the ministry said. Images showed smoke billowing as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze at the scene of the accident on Sunday night. Egyptian Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah offered his condolences to the families of victims and those that were injured.