PanCAN’s Julie Fleshman’s letter urges Congress to reject cuts to NIH

NIH announces restrictions on human biospecimen sharing with China and other foreign adversaries

NIH has published a policy that prohibits U.S. researchers and NIH grant recipients working with human biospecimens to share this data with “countries of concern.” That list includes China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.

United for Medical Research report shows NIH funding benefits patients, researchers

United for Medical Research conducted a report surveying patients and researchers on why NIH, and NIH funding matters to them.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Claire Marie Porter

NCI

Anthony Letai sworn in as 18th NCI director

Anthony G. Letai, accompanied by his wife Jean, was sworn in by HHS Secretary Kennedy as the 18th NCI Director on Sept. 29.Anthony G. Letai, a physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been officially named the 18th director of the National Cancer Institute.

October 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.36

By Claire Marie Porter

In Brief

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center awarded $12M NIH SPORE grant to advance breast cancer research

From left to right: Geoffrey Shapiro, Leif Ellisen and Nancy Lin. Sitting below them is Kornelia Polyak.The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, a cancer research consortium comprised of five of Boston’s academic medical centers, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been awarded an NCI grant to continue its Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Breast Cancer.

October 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.36

Cancer Policy

Trump claims that autism is caused by Tylenol use during pregnancy, advises to “fight like hell not to take it”

In a press conference on Sept. 22, President Donald Trump, flanked by NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, touted that Tylenol use while pregnant is “probably” the cause of autism.

September 26, 2025

Vol.51 No.35

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Bhattacharya: New grant review criterion is “not political”

NIH’s new “unified grant funding policy,” is “not political,” NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said during his remarks at Research!America’s annual National Health Research Forum Sept. 17.

September 26, 2025

Vol.51 No.35

By Jacquelyn Cobb

PanCAN’s Julie Fleshman’s letter urges Congress to reject cuts to NIH

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