Nicholas Gerbis

A new study that corrects the underreporting of cancer among American Indian/Alaska Native populations shows the non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native population, known as AI/AN, has the second highest incidence of melanoma.People from AI/AN populations are often racially misclassified in cancer databases, reinforcing the myth that they have low rates of melanoma.

Next week, NASA will respond to a Navajo Nation request to delay a moon launch that could carry cremated human remains.

The Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH) is partnering with University of Arizona on the Hearing Healthcare Assistance Project, which provides free hearing health care for eligible people ages 21 and older who lack insurance.The project began at Arizona State University in 2021 and expanded to Northern Arizona University in 2023.Research links hearing loss with isolation, depression and cognitive decline, as well as stress and increased risks of accidents and falls.

NASA has launched its mission to place the first-ever commercially built lander on the moon.It should have been a landmark moment, a coming out party for everyone involved: for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program; for the first launch of United Launch Alliance’s 200-foot Vulcan rocket, with its engines made by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin; for Astrobotic's Peregrine rover; and for what, if successful, would be the first American craft to make a soft landing on the moon since the Apollo program.

Cory Huston/NASA United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander is rolled out of the Vertical Integration

More than 25 million people in the U.S. have limited English proficiency — a hindrance to accessing effective health care.Now, cancer-communication researchers are working to lower that barrier using Spanish-speaking chatbots.Limited English proficiency inhibits everything from acquiring benefits to grasping doctors’ directions. It may also partly explain why only 25-30% of eligible people receive genetic testing, which can help to pin down hereditary cancer risks.

New NIH-supported research links small reductions in blood levels of lead among Native Americans to significant cardiovascular benefits.

National Park Service A bobcat at Tonto National Monument. Scientists can now extract genetic information about bobcats from their paw prints.

The laundry care label on this pair of blue jeans provides detailed information on how best to launder them. Anatoly Vartanov/Shutterstock

The labels on your clothes have all types of laundry symbols on them. Here's what all those symbols mean.