Senate panel sounds alarm about NIH funding in White House budget proposal

Lowy fields questions about peer review at inaugural meeting of the new NCAB ad hoc working group

With NCI Director Anthony Letai in Milan supporting his daughter, Julie, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Douglas R. Lowy, principal deputy director of NCI, took on the job of delivering detailed remarks and fielding questions at the inaugural meeting of the NCAB’s ad hoc working group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs.

February 18, 2026

Capitol Hill

After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into law
NIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored

On Feb. 3, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, by a vote of 217 to 214. Later that day, President Donald Trump signed the bill into law, officially ending the brief partial government shutdown that began on Jan. 31.

NIH’s Bhattacharya acknowledges absence of causal link between vaccines and autism

Pressed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged that he is not aware of any study pointing to a causal link between vaccines and autism.

White House launches TrumpRx website

TrumpRx, a direct-to-consumer drug purchasing platform, limited to self-pay patients, is live, as of Feb. 5.

“Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans” no longer classified as clinical trials at NIH in an effort to reduce administrative burden

NIH announced Jan. 29 that “Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans,” also called BESH, will no longer be considered clinical trials and will therefore no longer be subject to the requirements under the NIH definition of a clinical trial, including registration and reporting requirements in ClinicalTrials.gov.

The soul of oncology: Centering patient stories amid funding saga

Last week’s issue of The Cancer Letter included an obituary that the entire staff at The Cancer Letter had been dreading for years: Abdallah Abou Zahr, an oncologist at Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo, ND, died Jan. 23 of a liposarcoma after a five-year battle with the disease.

February 04, 2026

Senate panel sounds alarm about NIH funding in White House budget proposal

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Lowy fields questions about peer review at inaugural meeting of the new NCAB ad hoc working group

After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into lawNIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored

NIH’s Bhattacharya acknowledges absence of causal link between vaccines and autism

White House launches TrumpRx website

“Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans” no longer classified as clinical trials at NIH in an effort to reduce administrative burden

The soul of oncology: Centering patient stories amid funding saga

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After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into law
NIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored