Oncopeptides to submit NDA for melflufen in multiple myeloma

In the epicenter of the measles outbreak, “love thy neighbor” does not extend to vaccination rates
A dispatch from Lancaster County

As a science journalist living in the epicenter of the measles outbreak, I did what any reporter would do when I was assigned this story—I texted my medical friends.

November 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.41

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill News Analysis

Democrats vow to undo Trump’s Medicaid cuts, reverse ACA dismantling

In a victory speech on Nov. 4, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the presumed next speaker of the House, ran through the bread-and-butter concerns which gave Democrats House and Senate majorities not seen in a generation.

November 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.41

By Paul Goldberg

As Iowa goes blue, incoming Gov. Rob Sand and Sen. Josh Turek offer plans to address the state’s “cancer crisis”

The blue tsunami of the 2026 midterm elections hit few states as dramatically as Iowa, where Democrats flipped one Senate seat, three congressional districts, and the governor’s office.

David Hohn, former president and CEO of Roswell Park, dies at 84

David C. Hohn, president and CEO of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center from 1997-2007, died on Oct. 30 at age 84.

November 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.41

Community sites have the patients to boost trial enrollment—but not the infrastructure

I have spent over 20 years running a tumor imaging metrics core at an academic cancer center. In that time, I have watched clinical trial enrollment concentrate at a relatively small number of flagship academic institutions. Unfortunately, trials do not propagate well to the community sites where most patients prefer to receive care. The explanations usually offered for why this happens have never fully accounted for what I observed.

Four of eight new USPSTF members allowed to keep financial conflicts of interest

Four of the eight members recently appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have been granted waivers allowing financial conflicts of interest, according to records obtained by The New York Times.

November 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.41

Oncopeptides to submit NDA for melflufen in multiple myeloma

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In the epicenter of the measles outbreak, “love thy neighbor” does not extend to vaccination rates
A dispatch from Lancaster County