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The figure skating icon headlines the 30th annual Evening of Stars, a benefit supporting the Central Illinois chapter of the American Red Cross.

Amaneigh Stevenson is an active kid who loves gymnastics and bouncy houses. A member of her care team developed a guard that helped her stay active while undergoing cancer treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

A physician Chestnut Family Health Center in Bloomington is creating awareness about cervical cancer screenings among Hispanic women. He says the mortality rate for this type of cancer is high among this population.

A charity run from Bloomington-Normal to Peoria turns 40 this year. It was the first of more than 30 satellite fundraisers convening in Peoria by foot. Proceeds support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and its affiliate clinics across the country — the first of which opened in Peoria in 1972.

The Texas 4,000, a nonprofit group raising money for cancer research, stopped at Bloomington's Salvation Army Monday night to rest and recuperate on a 70-day trip across North America.

Wilma Hoover will celebrate her 93rd birthday this summer. But she's not letting advanced age stop her from volunteering — and raising money for St. Jude Children Research Hospital.

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy unveiled a report in January on increased cancer risk associated with alcohol use, even under current healthy guidelines. Health professionals say the report comes from years of convincing research.

Cancer patient and Illinois State University graduate Moji Kalantari is developing an app aimed at creating communities among cancer patients with the same diagnosis.

Illinois CancerCare is part of the PRECEDE Consortium of more than 30 medical centers around the world working to improve early detection, screening, and prevention efforts.

J. Robert Oppenheimer chose a remote spot in south central New Mexico to build and test the world's first atomic bomb. The people who lived in the surrounding Tularosa Basin were not asked for permission or warned of the risk posed to their health and safety. Nearly 80 years later, proposed legislation giving one-time payments to New Mexicans who contracted cancer as a consequence of nuclear testing has been allowed to expire, blocked by House Speaker Mike Johnson. The congressional stalemate comes as testing programs ramp up and the world braces for the possibility of nuclear war. Tina Cordova of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Association joins Lauren Warnecke and Matt Caplan.