Women’s Health Initiative funding officially restored

By adding specialists to USPSTF, Kennedy would reshape the functioning and decisions of the influential health panel
Ransohoff: “The task force’s job is to describe the evidence fairly, and that’s done best with objective, detached methodologists”

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is moving to overhaul the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a highly influential panel that determines which preventive services insurers must cover and guides routine medical care for millions of Americans.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

CDC’s recommendation to delay infant hepatitis B shot is likely to raise infections, JAMA studies show

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, voted in December to rescind its recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B virus vaccine dose within 24 hours of birth.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

By Claire Marie Porter

In Brief

MD Anderson establishes Center for Cellular Language Intelligence with $10M gift

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced a $10 million gift from Peggy and Carl Sewell to establish the Center for Cellular Language Intelligence, a research center created to understand the behavior of cancer cells at a high resolution, potentially enabling earlier cancer detection, smarter prevention, and more precise, personalized treatments.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

In Brief

Siemens Healthineers awarded $60M by ARPA-H to advance photon flash radiotherapy for cancer care

Varian, the Siemens Healthineers business area, has been awarded up to $60 million over five years by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to accelerate development of photon Flash therapy, an ultra-high dose rate approach to radiotherapy with the potential to redefine cancer care.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

In Brief

UT San Antonio awarded $44M NIH contract to advance landmark RURAL Cohort Study

The University of Texas at San Antonio has been awarded a five-year, $44 million contract from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for a study focused on persistent health challenges in the rural South.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open
“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”

In recent months, several directors of cancer centers, appearing on The Directors, a segment of The Cancer Letter Podcast, mentioned that their institutions are increasingly providing small grants—typically in the range of $50,000—to scientists to enable them to keep their labs open.

April 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.16

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

Women’s Health Initiative funding officially restored

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By adding specialists to USPSTF, Kennedy would reshape the functioning and decisions of the influential health panelRansohoff: “The task force’s job is to describe the evidence fairly, and that’s done best with objective, detached methodologists”

CDC’s recommendation to delay infant hepatitis B shot is likely to raise infections, JAMA studies show

MD Anderson establishes Center for Cellular Language Intelligence with $10M gift

Siemens Healthineers awarded $60M by ARPA-H to advance photon flash radiotherapy for cancer care

UT San Antonio awarded $44M NIH contract to advance landmark RURAL Cohort Study

The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”

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By adding specialists to USPSTF, Kennedy would reshape the functioning and decisions of the influential health panel
Ransohoff: “The task force’s job is to describe the evidence fairly, and that’s done best with objective, detached methodologists”

The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open
“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”