Letters to the Editor
It’s not enough to put a cancer warning label on alcohol products. We need to significantly cut back on advertising for booze, as we did with tobacco.
California
Bill Brand, the mayor of Redondo Beach, died Friday evening of lung cancer. He was 65.
Science & Medicine
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants Americans to know that drinking is a preventable risk factor for cancer, and he issued an advisory that calls for warning labels to be placed on alcoholic beverages.
Opinion
A cluster of cancers caused by HPV are now preventable, but the vaccine is under constant siege from politicians.
Rams
Rams corner Cobie Durant suffered a lung bruise against the Bills on Sunday, so Emmanuel Forbes Jr., signed last week, might have to replace him Thursday.
Television
Andre Braugher, the ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ star who died Monday after a brief illness, was suffering from lung cancer, his publicist confirmed.
Comedian Kate Micucci, known for ‘Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Nature Cat,’ is on the mend after she underwent lung cancer surgery earlier this month. ‘I’m all good,’ she said.
Entertainment & Arts
Catherine, Princess of Wales, confirmed Tuesday that her cancer is in remission during a visit with the staff and patients of the Royal Marsden in Chelsea.
Paul Teal, an actor who appeared in ‘One Tree Hill’ and ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red,’ died Friday after a seven-month cancer battle. He was 35.
Mary Shojai was brutally murdered in her San Diego home in 2012. Her killer was released last year. Her daughter wants to change California’s reform laws.