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- October 13, 2026New guidesAccuracy
Nine new news pages: the pope's lung cancer surgery and eight viral claims checked
What the Vatican said about Pope Leo XIV's lung cancer surgery, and what we found when we looked up eight popular social posts about a frog bacterium, a kidney cancer vaccine, GLP-1 drugs, sunscreen, phones, power lines, estrogen and vaccines.
- Each page says what the post claims, what the sources show, what we could not open, and what to do.Read the pope story
- October 13, 2026 (more languages)LanguagesAccuracy
144 more Vietnamese and Chinese articles are back, rewritten from the current English
Another 144 Vietnamese and Chinese articles that we had paused while they were out of date are back. Each was retranslated from the current English and compared with its emergency numbers, fever limits and other figures.
- Articles on home care, late effects, recurrence questions, living wills and grief, medicines, and questions to ask about treatment.Languages
- October 12, 2026 (more languages)LanguagesAccuracy
144 more Vietnamese and Chinese articles are back, rewritten from the current English
Another 144 Vietnamese and Chinese articles that we had paused while they were out of date are back. Each was retranslated from the current English and compared with its emergency numbers, fever limits and other figures.
- Articles on food and eating safely, genetic counseling, grief, paying for care, home and travel during treatment, and everyday questions.Languages
- October 11, 2026 (more languages)LanguagesAccuracy
144 more Vietnamese and Chinese articles are back, rewritten from the current English
Another 144 Vietnamese and Chinese articles that we had paused while they were out of date are back. Each was retranslated from the current English and compared with its emergency numbers, fever limits and other figures.
- Articles on myths and fact checks, cancer medicines, eating and exercise during treatment, clinical trials, and workplace rights.Languages
- October 11, 2026 (news)New guidesAccuracy
New: bowel cancer immunotherapy before surgery, no relapses at 33 months in a small UK trial
What the NEOPRISM-CRC trial reported for 32 people with one genetic type of stage 2 or 3 bowel cancer, what a small trial with no comparison group can and cannot show, and who it applies to.
- The numbers, the researchers' words, the limits of the study, and a short note on immunotherapy side effects.Read it
- October 10, 2026 (more languages)LanguagesAccuracy
144 more Vietnamese and Chinese articles are back, rewritten from the current English
Another 144 Vietnamese and Chinese articles that we had paused while they were out of date are back. Each was retranslated from the current English and compared with its emergency numbers, fever limits and other figures.
- Articles on cancer medicines, childhood cancer, clinical trials, care for people who face extra barriers, and everyday questions.Languages
- October 10, 2026LanguagesAccuracy
More Vietnamese and Chinese articles are back, rewritten from the current English
288 Vietnamese and Chinese articles that we had paused while they were out of date are back, retranslated from the current English and compared with its emergency numbers, fever limits and other figures.
- Pages on caregiving, grief, hospice, medicines and everyday side effects, with the same call-right-away and 911 guidance as the English pages.Languages
- October 10, 2026New guides
New: does zinc prevent esophageal cancer?
A new claim check looks at a post about zinc and esophageal cancer. The research behind it studied zinc deficiency in rats, not zinc supplements in people.
- What a 2012 rat study found about zinc, and what it does not show for people.Zinc and esophageal cancer
- October 8, 2026New guides
New: does a forest trip boost cancer-fighting immune cells?
A new claim check looks at a widely shared post about forest bathing and natural killer cells. The study behind it followed 12 men and measured immune-cell activity, not cancer.
- What a small Japanese study found about forest trips, and what it does not show about cancer.Forest bathing and immune cells
- October 8, 2026 (news)New guidesAccuracy
New: Long COVID brain fog and serotonin, what the viral reel's study shows
A claim-check on an Instagram reel about Long COVID brain fog and serotonin: the 2023 study is real, its mouse results are early, and no treatment is proven. With a short note for readers who have brain fog during cancer treatment.
- What the study found, what NIH's RECOVER trial found, and what is still unproven.Read it
- October 7, 2026 (news)New guides
New: suspected plague case in Russia, what experts and the CDC say
A news explainer on the reported suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia: what was reported and what experts and the CDC say about the risk, with a short note for people in cancer treatment.
- What was reported, what plague is, and the everyday infection rules for people in treatment.Read it
- October 7, 2026Easier to use
Homepage: a clearer first screen and a closer look at what the site offers
The homepage now shows the 911 and urgent-care line, a link to Spanish and other languages, and a new "What you'll find here" band with real counts of our articles, answered questions, report words, printables, Spanish articles and support services. Twelve cancer types are easier to tap, small text is larger, and the short videos use the brand purple.
- New "What you'll find here" band on the homepage.Go to the homepage
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