House Appropriations Committee approves FY23 $2.5B increase for NIH

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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.

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By Claire Marie Porter

House Appropriations Committee approves FY23 $2.5B increase for NIH

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House Appropriations Committee approves FY23 $2.5B increase for NIH

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The Directors: Ben Ho Park and Suresh Ramalingam discuss tough times, uncertainty, and resilience“If you’re going to be an oncologist, we look at the glass 5% full, not 95% empty.”

As House committee gives NIH a small raise, cancer groups hope to maintain bipartisan support

Wistar Institute receives $17M NIH grant for personalized HIV cure research

On Capitol Hill, NIH gets congressional support and RFK Jr. gets slammed

House committee’s FY26 spending bill increases NCI funding by $48M, NIH by $99MHouse joins Senate in rejecting Trump’s proposed 40% NIH cuts

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

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The Directors: Ben Ho Park and Suresh Ramalingam discuss tough times, uncertainty, and resilience
“If you’re going to be an oncologist, we look at the glass 5% full, not 95% empty.”

House committee’s FY26 spending bill increases NCI funding by $48M, NIH by $99M
House joins Senate in rejecting Trump’s proposed 40% NIH cuts

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.”