Drescher launched the "Cancer Schmancer" movement after her own experience battling uterine cancer. Her mission is to shift the nation's focus on finding a cure to prevention and early detection. Drescher says she hopes this movement makes people become more mindful about how regular consumer products can impact their health.
During the interview Drescher also shared what else she's up to.
This month, the actress guest starred in the series "Broad City" on Comedy Central. Drescher says it was an "awesome" experience, and she enjoys the social commentary the program makes.
Danielle Allen, director of the center, told Cheddar that ending quarantine will require a robust social effort involving potentially thousands of workers and brand new technology solutions.
Seven Midwestern governors announced Thursday that they will coordinate on reopening their state economies, after similar pacts were made earlier this week in the Northeast and on the West Coast.
Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public.
Coronavirus-related deaths in New York City have surged past 10,000 now that officials have revised the tally to include people presumed to have died from the virus, rather than just those with lab-confirmed test results.
Tatyana Popkova, chief strategy officer for the health system, talked to Cheddar about how the innovative medical center was designed to take on challenges such as a patient surge from a pandemic.
Tommy Berges, a veteran paramedic and firefighter out of Washtenaw County, Michigan, said the outbreak has extended emergency response times from the outset.
Kay Sears, VP and GM of Military Space for Lockheed Martin described the final frontier as a "warfighting realm," to Cheddar at Satellite 2020.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Friday said the coronavirus pandemic has hit a "plateau" but stressed that putting New Yorkers back to work hinges on the level of testing that is available across the state.
COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has no treatment and no vaccine, but antibodies from recovered patients could help current others who are fighting the deadly virus.
Alabama withdrew triage guidelines that recommend deprioritizing care and life-saving equipment for intellectually disabled individuals on Wednesday following backlash from disability advocates.
