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Behind the scenes of Katie’s cancer diagnosis and treatment [10/5/2022]
Months after playing a pivotal role in passing H.B. 371 and prior to launching the Pink Eraser Project®, Michele Young sat down with Katie Couric, an award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author, to discuss how she is beating breast cancer and changing the breast cancer screening system.
Their conversation later inspired the Find It Early Act, a federal bill that would ensure women have access to earlier detection of breast cancer by addressing insurance barriers to those screenings.
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In Case You Missed It: Our Impact and Reach
Sister Sessions: Find Out My Breast Density Month Celebration [2/28/2026]
Breast cancer survivor launches Pink Eraser Project to boost research and education [10/20/2025]
Breast cancer survivor invites women to learn about breast density [2/24/2026]
Lincoln Ware’s The Buzz featured Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young and Is Anybody Out There?’s Patti Collins, where they promoted an upcoming event on breast density for Sister Sessions.
Breast cancer survivor invites women to learn about breast density [2/24/2026]
Breast cancer survivor launches Pink Eraser Project to boost research and education [10/20/2025]
Breast cancer survivor invites women to learn about breast density [2/24/2026]
Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young and Patti Collins sat down with Local 12’s Liz Bonis to talk about their upcoming series of events, Sister Sessions, that will start with breast density education.
Breast cancer survivor launches Pink Eraser Project to boost research and education [10/20/2025]
Breast cancer survivor launches Pink Eraser Project to boost research and education [10/20/2025]
Breast cancer survivor launches Pink Eraser Project to boost research and education [10/20/2025]
Local 12’s Liz Bonis highlights Pink Eraser Project®'s mission to turbocharge change, and recent work to pass HB 371 and push for HB 271.
What's Happening in Health: October 19, 2025 Full Interview [10/19/2025]
Breast cancer survivor launches Pink Eraser Project to boost research and education [10/20/2025]
Breast cancer survivor launches Pink Eraser Project to boost research and education [10/20/2025]
Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young and The Health Collaborative's Tiffany Mattingly sat down with Local 12 to discuss the importance of access to screenings to save lives.
Two Cincinnati Activists Fighting for Women [10/13/2025]
Ohio lawmakers want to make breast cancer screening less expensivE [5/9/2025]
Making breast cancer screening more affordable [8/23/2025]
Lincoln Ware’s The Buzz featured Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young and Is Anybody Out There?’s Patti Collins. They discussed their recent collaborations and respective activism.
Making breast cancer screening more affordable [8/23/2025]
Ohio lawmakers want to make breast cancer screening less expensivE [5/9/2025]
Making breast cancer screening more affordable [8/23/2025]
NPR's Cincinnati Edition featured Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young, State Representative Jean Schmidt, and Michele Andrews of KFF Health News to discuss the need for more affordable breast cancer screenings.
Ohio lawmakers want to make breast cancer screening less expensivE [5/9/2025]
Ohio lawmakers want to make breast cancer screening less expensivE [5/9/2025]
Ohio lawmakers want to make breast cancer screening less expensivE [5/9/2025]
Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young joined State Representative Jean Schmidt's press conference on H.B. 271 along with Dr. Ann Brown, MD, FSBI of UC Health.
OHIO COULD SOON MAKE BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS MORE AFFORDABLE [5/9/2025]
Ohio lawmakers want to make breast cancer screening less expensivE [5/9/2025]
Ohio lawmakers want to make breast cancer screening less expensivE [5/9/2025]
State Representative Jean Schmidt held a press conference on H.B. 271 that Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young joined along with Dr. Ann Brown, MD, FSBI of UC Health.
Patient Advocates Start Nonprofit to Remove Barriers to Breast Cancer Vaccine DevelopmenT [3/4/2024]
Advice to their younger selves: 10 of our Women of the Year honorees share what they've learned [2/29/2024]
Advice to their younger selves: 10 of our Women of the Year honorees share what they've learned [2/29/2024]
Precision Medicine, a trade publication for healthcare leaders and scientists, focused on the beginnings of the Pink Eraser Project® and its patient-forward advocacy.
Advice to their younger selves: 10 of our Women of the Year honorees share what they've learned [2/29/2024]
Advice to their younger selves: 10 of our Women of the Year honorees share what they've learned [2/29/2024]
Advice to their younger selves: 10 of our Women of the Year honorees share what they've learned [2/29/2024]
Following the launch of Pink Eraser Project, Michele Young received national recognition as a USA TODAY Women of the Year.
'A cancer survivor asking for change': Meet USA TODAY’s Women of the Year honoree from Ohio [2/19/2024]
Advice to their younger selves: 10 of our Women of the Year honorees share what they've learned [2/29/2024]
'A cancer survivor asking for change': Meet USA TODAY’s Women of the Year honoree from Ohio [2/19/2024]
As one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, Michele Young spoke with The Enquirer about her battle with breast cancer and launch the Pink Eraser Project®.
Pink Eraser Project® seeks to develop vaccine for breast cancer [2/19/2024]
Advice to their younger selves: 10 of our Women of the Year honorees share what they've learned [2/29/2024]
'A cancer survivor asking for change': Meet USA TODAY’s Women of the Year honoree from Ohio [2/19/2024]
Pink Eraser Project® appeared in NewsNation's Morning in America. The segment focused on the end of breast cancer and how it can happen.
Breast cancer vaccines could be a few years away, Tri-State groups saY [2/12/2024]
'This vaccine looks really promising' Roswell Park tests new breast cancer treatment [1/31/2024]
Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young spoke to Fox19 NOW about the latest breast cancer developments to help erase breast cancer.
'This vaccine looks really promising' Roswell Park tests new breast cancer treatment [1/31/2024]
'This vaccine looks really promising' Roswell Park tests new breast cancer treatment [1/31/2024]
NBC's affiliate program WGRZ of Buffalo, NY covered the Pink Eraser Project®'s breast cancer trial that began at Roswell Park.
‘It's incredible’: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to hold clinical breast cancer vaccine trial [1/31/2024]
ABC Network's affiliate program WKBW of Buffalo, NY covered the Pink Eraser Project®'s breast cancer trial that began at Roswell Park.
LAUNCHING TODAY: PINK ERASER PROJECT® SEEKS TO END BREAST CANCER AS WE KNOW IT [1/30/2024]
The Cincinnati Enquirer interviewed Michele Young of the newly launched Pink Eraser Project®.
The Breast Cancer Moonshot [1/30/2024]
Two years after passing H.B. 371, also called the Breast Cancer Bill, the Pink Eraser Project® launched and made headlines on NBC's Today Show. The segment features Pink Eraser Project®'s Michele Young.
Katie Introduces the Find It Early Act and Explains How This Bill Would Change Cancer Screenings [12/13/2022]
Katie Couric introduced the Find It Early Act to address insurance barriers women often face to breast cancer screenings. The bill's introduction follows an inspiring conversation between Katie and Michele Young.
MICHELE YOUNG: IT'S TIME TO WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER (OPINION) [11/21/2022]
A cure found in Cincinnati? 'Joe Burrow of breast cancer legislation' says it's possible [10/27/2022]
Passing H.B. 371 was the start. In another op-ed, Michele Young continued calling on Ohioans to come together and tell breast cancer that "time's up." The call to action would later become a part of the Pink Eraser Project®'s campaign to erase breast cancer.
A cure found in Cincinnati? 'Joe Burrow of breast cancer legislation' says it's possible [10/27/2022]
A cure found in Cincinnati? 'Joe Burrow of breast cancer legislation' says it's possible [10/27/2022]
After helping to pass H.B. 371, Michele Young set her sights on the Find It Early Act and immunotherapy as part of her efforts to continue to erase breast cancer which would later lead to the Pink Eraser Project®.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio expanded breast cancer screening coverage. Will the nation follow? [6/30/2022]
Michele Young: A breast cancer survivor's story: Why Ohio House Bill 371 is desperately needed (Opinion) [10/29/2021]
Michele Young: A breast cancer survivor's story: Why Ohio House Bill 371 is desperately needed (Opinion) [10/29/2021]
Leading up to the Pink Eraser Project®, Michele Young worked alongside lawmakers across the aisle, including State Representatives Jean Schmidt and Sedrick Denson, and patient advocates to pass H.B. 371.
Michele Young: A breast cancer survivor's story: Why Ohio House Bill 371 is desperately needed (Opinion) [10/29/2021]
Michele Young: A breast cancer survivor's story: Why Ohio House Bill 371 is desperately needed (Opinion) [10/29/2021]
Michele Young: A breast cancer survivor's story: Why Ohio House Bill 371 is desperately needed (Opinion) [10/29/2021]
Michele Young penned an op-ed urging the passage of House Bill 371, legislation that would save thousands of lives in Ohio and inspire Michele Young to take this cause national.
It's hard to detect breast cancer early for women with dense breasts. Ohio is trying to change that [8/25/2021]
Michele Young: A breast cancer survivor's story: Why Ohio House Bill 371 is desperately needed (Opinion) [10/29/2021]
It's hard to detect breast cancer early for women with dense breasts. Ohio is trying to change that [8/25/2021]
Representatives Jean Schmidt and Sedrick Denson introduced House Bill 371, the "Breast Cancer Bill," which Michele Young advocated for prior to launching the Pink Eraser Project®.
'What will it take to break down the walls?' Michele Young has spent her life tackling obstacles. [11/8/2020]
Michele Young: A breast cancer survivor's story: Why Ohio House Bill 371 is desperately needed (Opinion) [10/29/2021]
It's hard to detect breast cancer early for women with dense breasts. Ohio is trying to change that [8/25/2021]
Before the Pink Eraser Project®, Michele Young was named one of The Enquirer’s 2020 Women of the Year for her steadfast advocacy efforts, including better breast cancer screening for all.
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