Brain Cancer

Chris Duncan, the former outfielder who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series, died Friday. He was 38. Duncan, the son of former St. Louis pitching coach Dave Duncan and brother of former major leaguer Shelley Duncan, died of brain cancer in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. “The Cardinals are deeply saddened by the passing of Chris...

Beau Biden will be remembered this week at a series of events in the First State.

Over a dozen people gathered in Del Mar to help fundraise and celebrate the life of a young girl diagnosed with cancer.

Kira Stanley is in the fight of her life, she’s battling brain cancer and getting an enormous amount of support from her family, friends, and strangers. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes has more on this story.

A North County community came together Saturday to support a 16-year-old surfer who was diagnosed with brain cancer late last year.

Meghan McCain is back on “The View” for the first time since the August death of her father, Sen. John McCain. She made a tearful return Monday, thanking viewers and her colleagues for their support. She said the idealism for America that her father talked about didn’t die with him when the former presidential candidate succumbed to brain cancer Aug....

Shortly after Joe Biden boarded a recent flight from Washington to New York, a string of passengers began stopping at his seat in coach to deliver some version of the same message: Run, Joe, run. “We’re with you,” one said, according to a Democratic strategist who happened to be on the plane and witnessed the scene. “You’ve got to do...

Sen. John McCain’s final journey ended Sunday on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and alongside a lifelong friend. A horse-drawn caisson carrying the senator’s casket led a procession of mourners from the academy’s chapel to its cemetery following a private service. The senator’s widow,...

Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, appeared to take shots at President Donald Trump during her eulogy at her father’s funeral.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who served with John McCain in the Senate, praised McCain’s values during a memorial service at an Arizona church on Aug. 30, 2018.

While lawmakers debated a proposal to rename a building after the late Sen. John McCain, Google Maps displayed “McCain Senate Office Building” on its website for several hours Wednesday....
The mix-up comes as President Donald Trump has accused Google and other U.S. tech companies of rigging search results about him “so that almost all stories & news is BAD.” Trump offered...

Glowering in public and near-silent for two days, President Donald Trump relented under pressure on Monday by tersely recognizing Sen. John McCain’s “service to our country” and re-lowering the White House flag. While much of the nation remembered McCain’s record as a war hero, longtime senator and presidential nominee over the weekend, Trump had nursed his grievances. McCain had been...

Presidents past and present joined members of Congress from both parties and world leaders in mourning Sen. John McCain and praising him for a lifetime of service and accomplishments. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who blocked the Arizona Republican’s own White House ambitions, are among those expected to speak at McCain’s funeral. “My heart is broken,” Cindy...

Senators from both sides of the aisle are calling for a Senate office building to be renamed in honor of John McCain.

The family of Sen. John McCain released a statement saying that the Arizona Republican has stopped treatment for brain cancer.

A new government cancer map shows that rates of childhood cancer are highest in the Northeast United States and lowest in the South, NBC News reported. Rates of pediatric lymphoma and brain cancer are higher in the Northeast while leukemia is more common in the West, according to the map. It isn’t clear why the rates vary and, since pediatric...

California health officials reported Friday that 374 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives in 2017, the first full year after a law made the option legal. The California Department of Public Health said 577 people received aid-in-dying drugs last year, but not everyone used them. The law allows adults to obtain a prescription for life-ending drugs if...

New concerns arise for those with pre-existing conditions in the midst of President Trump’s announcements. NBC 7’s Rory Devine is in Carlsbad with more information.

A West Wing aide who was dismissive of gravely ill Sen. John McCain during a closed-door meeting last month has left the White House. White House spokesman Raj Shah says, “Kelly Sadler is no longer employed within the Executive Office of the President.” Sadler told colleagues last month they should disregard McCain’s opinion on President Donald Trump’s CIA nominee because...

President Donald Trump slammed frequent foe Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who is battling brain cancer, for having voted against one of the measures that would have repealed Obamacare last year, NBC News reported. Speaking at a rally on Nashville, Tenn., and referring to McCain without using his name, Trump said his efforts to scrap President Barack Obama’s signature health care...