Adjuvant treatment with cancer vaccine + Keytruda shows continued improvement in RFS and DMFS in resected high-risk advanced melanoma

Nanoparticle vaccine prevents melanoma, pancreatic, and breast cancers in mice, study finds

A study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers demonstrates that their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic, and triple-negative breast cancer in mice.

October 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.38

Cancer Policy

CDC updates childhood vaccine recommendations

Jim O’Neill, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced that he has signed off on a slew of recommendations that change the childhood vaccination schedule.

October 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.37

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Ousted CDC director testifies before Senate HELP Committee

Ousted from her position as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention less than a month after her confirmation, Susan Monarez has now had the chance to tell her side of the story before Congress.

September 19, 2025

Vol.51 No.34

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

CDC’s ACIP makes changes to childhood vaccine recommendations in first meeting since Monarez’s ouster

At a two-day meeting, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to change the current recommendations that allow children under age 4 to receive the MMRV vaccine, a combination shot for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (or varicella).

September 19, 2025

Vol.51 No.34

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Roundup

Checkpoint therapy breakthrough sparks new vaccine

Immune-checkpoint therapy, which attempts to harness a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer, has revolutionized cancer care over the past two decades.

September 12, 2025

Vol.51 No.33

Capitol Hill

With CDC in free fall, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan rebuke at Senate hearing
Kennedy calls CDC “the most corrupt agency at HHS and maybe the government.”

A Senate hearing that the administration hoped would be a routine check-in on the president’s 2026 MAHA-driven healthcare agenda erupted into a political firestorm as senators jumped at their first opportunity to confront HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the chaos engulfing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

September 05, 2025

Vol.51 No.32

By Claire Marie Porter

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With CDC in free fall, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan rebuke at Senate hearing
Kennedy calls CDC “the most corrupt agency at HHS and maybe the government.”