The Find it Early Act has support from both political parties, alongside the American College of Radiology and journalist/cancer survivor Katie Couric.

The company delivers 1.5M mammograms each year, and its data support the need for annual screening, leaders said, 

The draft update marks a shift from the task force's previous guidelines, which had endorsed screening beginning at age 50.

The policy changes forbid insurers from saddling patients with out-of-pocket costs for services associated with lung and breast cancer.

Twenty-five state societies have voiced their support for the proposal, being presented at the 2023 ACR Annual Meeting in D.C. 

“These evidence-based updates should spur more-informed doctor-patient conversations and help providers save more lives," the document's lead author said. 

Artificial intelligence applied to portable breast US can reduce about half of unnecessary referrals for benign lesions, experts wrote in Radiology. 

University Park OBGYN had its accreditation revoked effective in September, with the facility opting not to appeal the ruling, the FDA said.