Kennedy hints at intended USPSTF reforms at Senate Finance Committee hearing

Trump targets HHS in $810M appropriations clawback

President Donald Trump has moved to cancel $810 million in government spending that has already been appropriated by Congress.

HHS issues direct final rule to reduce reliance on animal testing

FDA has issued a direct final rule that changes the language in its regulations so that “animal testing” is no longer described as the default or defining form of “nonclinical” safety testing.

September 25, 2026

Vol.52 No.35

By Claire Marie Porter

Podcast

36 months to live, 29 months to wait. Why is Congress withholding lifesaving benefits from breast cancer patients?

In this episode of The Cancer Letter Podcast, Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, and Jacquelyn Cobb, managing editor of The Cancer Letter, discuss the Metastatic Breast Cancer Act, bipartisan legislation that would eliminate the waiting periods for Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare for eligible people with metastatic breast cancer.

September 23, 2026

Cancer Policy

Kennedy overhauls “too woke” USPSTF with the appointment of eight members
Critics say new members will politicize, commercialize the panel

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has announced the addition of eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

September 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.34

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Senate passes stopgap bill that would ban OMB from finalizing rule that would politicize science

The U.S. Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that, in addition to avoiding a government shutdown at the end of September, would preclude the White House Office of Management and Budget from finalizing a proposal that seeks to fundamentally redraw the ground rules for all federally funded research (The Cancer Letter, Aug. 7, 2026).

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.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

By Sara Willa Ernst

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Kennedy overhauls “too woke” USPSTF with the appointment of eight members
Critics say new members will politicize, commercialize the panel