Congress passes spending bill, ending current CR and giving $1 billion to ARPA-H

As House prepares cuts for NIH, Rathmell urges Senate to protect funding in FY25

NCI Director Kimryn Rathmell joined the NIH director and four other institute directors in a May 23 Senate subcommittee hearing to craft the Labor-HHS spending bill for fiscal year 2025.

May 24, 2024

Vol.50 No.21

By McKenzie Prillaman

NCI Director's Report

NCI needs a $250M raise in FY24 to maintain paylines, grant funding levels amid crippling continuing resolutions

The gridlock in Washington is taking a toll on federally funded cancer research as the partisan wrangling in Congress over border security and funding for Israel and Ukraine shows no sign of relenting.

December 01, 2023

Vol.49 No.44

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Capitol Hill

Senate panel sounds alarm about NIH funding in White House budget proposal

President Joe Biden’s 2024 budget proposal and the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 that was passed by the House last month will have a chilling effect on biomedical research, members of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee said at a hearing May 4.

May 12, 2023

Vol.49 No.19

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Cancer History Project Obituary

Mark Smith, cancer advocate and healthcare policy expert, dies at 63

Mark Haynes Smith died Nov. 3, 2022. He was my partner and husband for just shy of 39 years. He was only 63.

NIH, NCI face devastating cuts in debt ceiling fight; We must rally for biomedical research

As members of the 118th Congress returned to Washington this week, everyone is focused on raising the nation’s debt limit, especially following Treasury Secretary Jane Yellen’s announcement that her agency would begin taking extraordinary measures to prevent the government from triggering a default.

House Appropriations Committee approves FY23 $2.5B increase for NIH

The House Appropriations Committee approved a $2.5 billion increase for NIH in fiscal year 2023, as part of a June 30 markup of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bill.

July 08, 2022

Vol.48 No.27

Congress passes spending bill, ending current CR and giving $1 billion to ARPA-H

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