With a spotlight on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, RFK Jr. goes before the Senate The MAHA nominee trumpets radical transparency, but offers little clarity on his new agenda

Supportive cancer care is the smart investment our leaders in Washington can’t afford to ignore

In the United States, 18.6 million people are living with cancer, and nearly 40% of Americans will face a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.

January 30, 2026

Vol.52 No.04

By Les Biller

Capitol Hill

Spending bill passed by the House gives NIH $415M raise, NCI gets $128M
Legislation caps proportion of NIH grants to receive multiyear funding; indirect costs remain untouched

The U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 22 passed a three-bill minibus package that is expected to be the grand finale of the drama of the fiscal year 2026 appropriations process. The package, which funds the HHS as well as the departments of Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Education, gives NIH and NCI modest raises over FY25, and nullifies several aggressive cuts the White House had proposed for NIH.

Fifth time’s a charm? Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act is included in FY26 spending bill

Sometime next week, the Senate is expected to vote on a legislative package that would determine the fiscal year 2026 spending levels for much of the federal government. xxx:moreReaders of The Cancer Letter may be breathing a sigh of relief that NIH seems like

NIH ends fetal tissue research—again

NIH will no longer fund scientific research that uses human fetal tissue from elective abortions, a practice that has contributed to the study of cancer, the development of vaccines, and the treatment of other diseases.

With five-year cancer survival at an all-time high, does this mean people are living longer?

“It's really, really important that every year since 1991, cancer mortality has dropped by a little bit, and it did again!” said Paul Goldberg, editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter. “Now, mortality is a good metric, age-adjusted mortality. As far as survival, well, that's not so good.”

January 21, 2026

Clinical Health Equity

New Medicaid work requirements could lead to 1.6 million missed cancer screenings over two years

New Medicaid work requirements included in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could result in as many as 1.6 million missed screenings for breast, colon, and lung cancers within the first two years, researchers at the University of Chicago reported in a paper published in JAMA Oncology earlier this month.

January 16, 2026

Vol.52 No.02

By Sara Willa Ernst

With a spotlight on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, RFK Jr. goes before the Senate

The MAHA nominee trumpets radical transparency, but offers little clarity on his new agenda

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With a spotlight on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, RFK Jr. goes before the Senate

The MAHA nominee trumpets radical transparency, but offers little clarity on his new agenda

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Supportive cancer care is the smart investment our leaders in Washington can’t afford to ignore

Spending bill passed by the House gives NIH $415M raise, NCI gets $128MLegislation caps proportion of NIH grants to receive multiyear funding; indirect costs remain untouched

Fifth time’s a charm? Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act is included in FY26 spending bill

NIH ends fetal tissue research—again

With five-year cancer survival at an all-time high, does this mean people are living longer?

New Medicaid work requirements could lead to 1.6 million missed cancer screenings over two years

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Spending bill passed by the House gives NIH $415M raise, NCI gets $128M
Legislation caps proportion of NIH grants to receive multiyear funding; indirect costs remain untouched