Sylvester Cancer Center

Expected in 2025, the Kenneth C. Griffin cancer research center will expand the efforts of the University of Miami's 400-strong team of experts.

One rare form, acute myeloid leukemia, strikes those groups at a greater rate and younger age than the rest of the population. UM researchers are looking for volunteers to help understand and treat the disease.

More than 45 fire departments throughout the state have received decontamination kits that firefighters can use to clean cancer-causing substances off...