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

The Directors: Yolanda Sanchez and Kelvin Lee talk about making cancer centers more resilient
“Diverse ecosystems are more robust than non-diverse ecosystems. That is a biological fact.”

“We’ve always argued that money comes and goes, but if you lose a generation of scientists—you can’t buy them back,” said Kelvin Lee, director of the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.

February 27, 2026

Vol.52 No.08

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

News Analysis

NIH Director Bhattacharya named acting CDC director in latest public health shakeup
The temporary appointment concentrates vast authority in the hands of one person

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has taken a second big job.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

By Claire Marie Porter

Guest Editorial

California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research: A promise broken?

Approximately 21 years ago, I had the privilege of working and helping to pass Proposition 71, which authorized $3 billion dollars in state bonds to fund stem cell research in California.

CPRIT approves more than $15M in new funding for cancer research and recruitment

The governing board of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas met in Austin and approved more than $15 million in CPRIT Scholar recruitment grants to bring five new cancer scientists to four Texas research institutions.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

In Brief

Indiana University receives $5M grant to expand breast cancer diagnosis, care in Kenya

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Pfizer Foundation to expand access to timely breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and care in Kenya.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

Podcast

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

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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

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

The Directors: Yolanda Sanchez and Kelvin Lee talk about making cancer centers more resilient“Diverse ecosystems are more robust than non-diverse ecosystems. That is a biological fact.”

NIH Director Bhattacharya named acting CDC director in latest public health shakeupThe temporary appointment concentrates vast authority in the hands of one person

California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research: A promise broken?

CPRIT approves more than $15M in new funding for cancer research and recruitment

Indiana University receives $5M grant to expand breast cancer diagnosis, care in Kenya

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

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The Directors: Yolanda Sanchez and Kelvin Lee talk about making cancer centers more resilient
“Diverse ecosystems are more robust than non-diverse ecosystems. That is a biological fact.”

NIH Director Bhattacharya named acting CDC director in latest public health shakeup
The temporary appointment concentrates vast authority in the hands of one person