An independent federal study will assess whether military aviators are at higher risk of cancer than the general public under a new law enacted this week. President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Aviator Cancer Examination Study Act into law Aug. 14.
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Congressional lawmakers are pushing for more insight into the disproportionate rate of cancer diagnoses among military aviators as attention to the problem mounts in Washington and beyond.
Air Force F-16 pilot Capt. Charles Boynton received the callsign ‘Atlas’ after overcoming cancer and a two-year battle with bureaucracy to return to the cockpit.
In the wake of a new Pentagon study showing elevated rates of cancer among both military aviators and the ground personnel who support them, advocates and lawmakers have started a fresh push for more study and action on the issue. The study, mandated by the 2021 ...
