On Thursday, people in Fifth Ward signed up for a landmark study that could determine who is at risk of cancer, but there is ...

Wednesday night, a screening of the documentary "Fifth WArd Exposed: Community, Contamination, Cancer" was hosted at the ...

HOUSTON — A Houston City Council member is partnering with other organizations to launch an effort to better study a ...

On Thursday, people in Fifth Ward signed up for a landmark study that could determine who is at risk of cancer, but there is still some skepticism.

Wednesday night, a screening of the documentary “Fifth WArd Exposed: Community, Contamination, Cancer” was hosted at the ...

The event aimed to raise awareness about ongoing health risks and encourage residents to participate in free cancer ...

The cancer screening initiative comes weeks after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its first round of soil ...

It's an inaugural cancer screening blood analysis study that will serve as a blueprint for similar models in other cancer hot spots including Cancer Alley, Louisiana and Flint, Michigan.

Council Member Letitia Plummer is taking a big step in the fight against cancer in Fifth Ward. On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, she will be the first patient to enroll in the Cancer ...

City workers and volunteers worked on Monday to inform residents living in a cancer cluster in Houston's Fifth Ward about ways to learn more and receive free early cancer screenings.

A new early cancer detection program, the Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative (C-SSI), has been launched in Houston's Fifth Ward to combat rising cancer rates in historically underserved communities.

The goal of the effort is to have a certain number of Fifth Ward residents participate by ... Leaders of the National Minority Quality Forum were in Houston to help raise awareness of the initiative.