House Appropriations Committee approves FY23 $2.5B increase for NIH

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By Paul Goldberg

Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight
NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

Confidential Trump administration budget documents show that the upcoming FY26 Budget Request will radically cut about $50 billion out of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reshuffling agency components, and slashing the number of NIH institutes and centers to just eight.

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John Burklow replaced by Seana Cranston as NIH chief of staff

John Burklow, a near-40-year veteran of NIH, will work his last day as chief of staff on April 25.

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Vol.51 No.15

Amid HHS upheaval, Bhattacharya takes the helm at NIH, Makary at FDA
Meanwhile, NASEM sounds “SOS” for health infrastructure

The day before health economist Jay Bhattacharya stepped into his new role as NIH director, he sent a document to his employees outlining his top five priorities for the department, which included “reproducibility” and “transparency,” two themes he discussed at his confirmation hearings (The Cancer Letter, March 7, 2025).

April 04, 2025

Vol.51 No.13

By Claire Marie Porter, Paul Goldberg and Jacquelyn Cobb

House Appropriations Committee approves FY23 $2.5B increase for NIH

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House Appropriations Committee approves FY23 $2.5B increase for NIH

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

In the Headlines: What’s in Trump’s draft budget?

The Directors: Louis Weiner and Taofeek Owonikoko on keeping up morale amid uncertainty“We are resolute. We are committed to continuing to move the work forward.”

Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eightNCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

TIL + pembro regimen achieves 24% response rate in solid epithelial tumors, marking a step forward in immunotherapy research

John Burklow replaced by Seana Cranston as NIH chief of staff

Amid HHS upheaval, Bhattacharya takes the helm at NIH, Makary at FDAMeanwhile, NASEM sounds “SOS” for health infrastructure

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The Directors: Louis Weiner and Taofeek Owonikoko on keeping up morale amid uncertainty
“We are resolute. We are committed to continuing to move the work forward.”

Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight
NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

Amid HHS upheaval, Bhattacharya takes the helm at NIH, Makary at FDA
Meanwhile, NASEM sounds “SOS” for health infrastructure