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Bhattacharya provides calm answers to anxious questions at confirmation hearing
Trump nominee for NIH director calls for transparency, audits of indirect costs

Amid the flood zone of today’s Washington, the confirmation hearing for Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya’s nomination as director of NIH was remarkably calm.

Survey reveals most Americans are uninformed about HPV
A vaccine can prevent cancer—most people don’t take it

Each year, nearly 14 million people in the U.S. contract human papillomavirus, a common, sexually-transmitted virus that can cause several cancers.

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Vol.51 No.09

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill

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

Clinical Roundup

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

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage 3 or 4 clear cell renal cell carcinoma generated a successful anti-cancer immune response after initiation of a personalized cancer vaccine.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

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

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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