The death of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love has brought renewed attention to an aggressive form of brain cancer that killed her at age 49. Love was a daughter of Haitian immigrants and the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House. In 2022, she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma. She said her doctors estimated she had only 10-15 months to live, but she surpassed that. The former lawmaker from Utah had undergone treatment as part of a clinical trial at Duke University. Her daughter said earlier this month that she was no longer responding to treatment.

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday. Murthy's advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human health. Americans should be better informed about the link between alcohol and cancer, in particular, Murthy argues. About 20,000 people die every year from those alcohol-related cancer cases, according to his advisory. Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels about the risk of birth defects when a pregnant woman consumes alcohol. But Murthy's proposed label would go even further, raising awareness about the risk for cancer, too.

The remote Duck Valley reservation that straddles Nevada and Idaho has battled toxic contaminants on its land for decades. Shoshone and Paiute residents suspect fuels and chemical spills and leaks from U.S. government buildings have caused widespread illness and death. No one can say for sure. And, now, there's a new twist. The discovery of a decades-old document with a passing mention of Agent Orange chemicals suggests the government may have been more involved in contaminating the land. The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs says it's investigating whether the chemicals were sprayed around irrigation canals and is would work with the tribes on an action plan