Cancer vaccine shows promise for patients with stage 3 and 4 kidney cancer

Senate Finance Committee advances RFK Jr. to likely confirmation, with Bill Cassidy (R-LA) casting the deciding vote

Robert F. Kenedy Jr., an antivaccine advocate and President Trump’s MAHA nominee, has cleared a key hurdle to be confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill

With a spotlight on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, RFK Jr. goes before the Senate
The MAHA nominee trumpets radical transparency, but offers little clarity on his new agenda

In two raucous back-to-back hearings on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled by members of the United States Senate Finance Committee and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee as the Trump administration seeks his confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

January 31, 2025

Vol.51 No.04

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Roundup

DFCI researchers use PET imaging to detect body inflammation

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute developed a method to detect inflammation in the body using positron emission tomography imaging. This innovative probe targets CD45, a marker abundantly expressed on all immune cells but absent from other cell types.

January 24, 2025

Vol.51 No.03

In Brief

Elizabeth Mittendorf elected ASCO president for 2026-2027 term

The American Society of Clinical Oncology elected Elizabeth A. Mittendorf to lead as its president beginning in June 2026. Mittendorf, a long-time ASCO member and volunteer, will take office as president-elect immediately following the ASCO Annual Business Meeting in Chicago on June 2.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

In Brief

Dana-Farber launches Center for RAS Therapeutics to target the RAS oncogene in cancer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will launch the Center for RAS Therapeutics, a multidisciplinary initiative to advance scientific investigation, translational research, and clinical care approaches for patients with RAS-driven cancers.

January 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.01

Capitol Hill

As Trump’s second term nears, Republican support for NIH is at a low point
By stonewalling GOP in the House, Biden’s HHS officials eroded bipartisan support for biomedical research

The Biden administration has left NIH in a weakened state, intensifying politicization of science on Capitol Hill and eroding the bipartisan support the government’s premier biomedical research agency has traditionally enjoyed.

November 22, 2024

Vol.50 No.44

By Paul Goldberg

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With a spotlight on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, RFK Jr. goes before the Senate
The MAHA nominee trumpets radical transparency, but offers little clarity on his new agenda

As Trump’s second term nears, Republican support for NIH is at a low point
By stonewalling GOP in the House, Biden’s HHS officials eroded bipartisan support for biomedical research