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In other Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS news, check out its 2022 Holiday Legends ornament: Billy Porter as Lola in “Kinky Boots.”

A roundup of headlines and pics from the NHL initiative Hockey Fights Cancer. So far, it has raised over $32 million since 1998. [VIDEOS]

Chadwick Boseman, star of the original “Black Panther,” died of colorectal cancer in 2020 at the age of 43.

Some women with dense breasts get extra cancer screenings in addition to mammograms. This can lead to false-positives and harm.

Joining First Lady Jill Biden, R&B icon Mary J. Blige spoke about racial disparities in cancer prevention and treatment.

These NFL footballers team up with the American Cancer Society for the “Crucial Catch: Intercept Cancer” awareness initiative.

Elena Shagisultanova, MD, PhD, answers six questions about the importance of mammograms, the challenges of dense breasts and more.

A documentary revisits HIV and LGBTQ hero Pedro Zamora, who starred in “The Real World” and died hours after the final episode aired.

“Fox NFL Sunday” broadcaster Terry Bradshaw addressed his battle with two forms of cancer.

“You may fall into a category of women who need more than a mammogram,” urges journalist Katie Couric about breast cancer screenings.

Biden surprised the iconic rocker during a White House concert by awarding him the National Humanities Medal for his HIV and AIDS work.

In the 2017 lawsuit, the woman—a “Russian émigré”—claimed that Charlie Sheen knowingly exposed her to HIV during condomless sex.

“I don’t like saying I’m HIV positive,” said host Aaron Johnson Levy. “I prefer saying I’m living with untransmittable HIV.”

Herself a breast cancer survivor, TV anchor Robin Roberts announced earlier this year that Amber Laign had the same cancer.

Cultural influencers take off their blindfolds to destigmatize HIV prevention in ViiV’s “Me in You, You in Me” campaign. [VIDEOS]

Singer Naomi Judd was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1990 and cured eight years later. She spoke out for those with liver disease.