Grilled by Congress, Kennedy defends NIH and NCI budget cuts, freezes, and RIFs To avoid “offending” pharma, NCI doesn’t study the causes of early-onset colon cancer, HHS secretary incorrectly alleges

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.

NIH introduces “Linked Discoveries,” a PubMed tool aimed at strengthening research replication, reproducibility

NIH has introduced Linked Discoveries, an experimental tool designed to help scientists more easily see how an individual research finding relates to the larger body of biomedical evidence.

October 02, 2026

Vol.52 No.36

News Analysis

Trump weighs—and abandons—an executive order that would give OMB veto power over NIH grants

The White House last week considered, but ultimately abandoned, a plan to create a panel that would review NIH grants in an effort to weed out projects the administration regards as “woke.”

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

In Brief

UCLA researchers receive $7M NIH grant to launch trial for immunotherapy-related diabetes

UCLA researchers have received a grant worth up to $7 million over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to launch a first-in-human clinical trial evaluating whether drugs already used to treat autoimmune diseases can prevent or reverse immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced type 1 diabetes, a rare but often permanent complication of cancer immunotherapy.

September 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.34

In Brief

VCU Massey researchers receive $2.5M NIH grant for targeted therapy for breast, pancreatic cancer

Researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center were recently awarded a $2.5 million R01 grant from NCI. The five-year grant will allow Massey to evaluate the efficacy of TROP2 targeted antibody-drug conjugates to further enhance therapeutic benefits in both breast and pancreatic cancer care.

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Vol.52 No.34

Grilled by Congress, Kennedy defends NIH and NCI budget cuts, freezes, and RIFs

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