RFK Jr.’s new committee votes on vaccine recommendations, despite Sen. Cassidy’s call for meeting delay

HHS halts nearly $500M in mRNA-related vaccine contracts

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced the start of a reduction in its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

August 08, 2025

Vol.51 No.31

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill

At House hearing, Democrats clash with RFK Jr. over “radical obstruction of congressional oversight,” vaccine policies
Rep. Lori Trahan: “People are going to die”

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to defend the HHS fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, and faced criticism from several Democratic lawmakers on what they described as a lack of transparency and scientific rigor in the agency’s recent decisions.

June 27, 2025

Vol.51 No.25

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Vinay Prasad named chief medical and scientific officer at FDA

Vinay Prasad, a MAHA-aligned hematologist-oncologist with an avid cyber following, who was named director of the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in early May (The Cancer Letter, May 9, 2025), has now been also appointed chief medical and science officer at FDA, according to an internal memo obtained by The Cancer Letter.

June 20, 2025

Vol.51 No.24

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Prasad’s stricter FDA policy for COVID-19 vaccines could limit future access

FDA—under the leadership of cyber-iconoclast and new director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Vinay Prasad—is taking a new approach to COVID-19 vaccines.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill

Bhattacharya provides calm answers to anxious questions at confirmation hearing
Trump nominee for NIH director calls for transparency, audits of indirect costs

Amid the flood zone of today’s Washington, the confirmation hearing for Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya’s nomination as director of NIH was remarkably calm.

Survey reveals most Americans are uninformed about HPV
A vaccine can prevent cancer—most people don’t take it

Each year, nearly 14 million people in the U.S. contract human papillomavirus, a common, sexually-transmitted virus that can cause several cancers.

March 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.09

By Claire Marie Porter

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At House hearing, Democrats clash with RFK Jr. over “radical obstruction of congressional oversight,” vaccine policies
Rep. Lori Trahan: “People are going to die”

Bhattacharya provides calm answers to anxious questions at confirmation hearing
Trump nominee for NIH director calls for transparency, audits of indirect costs

Survey reveals most Americans are uninformed about HPV
A vaccine can prevent cancer—most people don’t take it