Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

Federal judge declines to block Medicaid work requirements

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will move forward with its definition of “medically frail” that cancer patients and survivors on Medicaid will need to meet in order to earn an exemption from new work requirements.

UCLA researchers receive $3.9M NCI grant to boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

Cristina Puig-Saus, an associate professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and surgical oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and an investigator at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and her research team have received a five-year, $3.9 million grant from NCI to develop drug-based strategies that could enhance cancer immunotherapy for patients with melanoma and potentially other types of cancer.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

In Brief

Dana-Farber Department of Pathology receives $2.8M grant from NCI

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Department of Pathology, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has received renewed funding for the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant from the NCI, providing resources for pathology residents, clinical fellows, and PhD-trained scientists pursuing research careers in cancer pathology.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

Cancer History Project

Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”
Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor

If a Mount Rushmore of Epidemiology were to exist, Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. would be etched into the face of the mountain, former NCI Director Ned Sharpless once told Stephen J. Chanock.

HHS releases government-wide policy to prohibit gain-of-function research

The Trump Administration has released a new United States Government Policy for Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research, a framework that prohibits federally supported dangerous gain-of-function research while establishing stronger oversight for life sciences research that could pose significant risks to public health, biosecurity, or national security.

July 31, 2026

Vol.52 No.30

By Claire Marie Porter

Regulatory News

Hegseth orders testosterone testing for troops as FDA moves to loosen TRT prostate cancer warnings
Experts caution the move amounts to a “huge, unregulated, natural experiment”

In a video captioned “The High-T Department of War” and posted on X, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that he was authorizing a screening program for troops to ensure “you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best.”

July 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.29

By Claire Marie Porter

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Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight

NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

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Federal judge declines to block Medicaid work requirements

UCLA researchers receive $3.9M NCI grant to boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

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Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor

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Hegseth orders testosterone testing for troops as FDA moves to loosen TRT prostate cancer warningsExperts caution the move amounts to a “huge, unregulated, natural experiment”

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Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., inventor of molecular epidemiology, was a “gentle giant” who “bet on the good people”
Chanock and Brawley reflect on their illustrious mentor

Hegseth orders testosterone testing for troops as FDA moves to loosen TRT prostate cancer warnings
Experts caution the move amounts to a “huge, unregulated, natural experiment”