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GOP-led Congress rejects Trump’s plans to gut medical research Senate bill gives NIH a $400 million raise

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Capitol Hill

GOP-led Congress rejects Trump’s plans to gut medical research

Senate bill gives NIH a $400 million raise

By Paul Goldberg

Bits of good news for NIH flickered consistently over the past week.

News Analysis

Vinay Prasad falls from grace at FDA upon flunking Trump political purity test
MAHA leaders agree on one point: COVID was mishandled. Is that enough to run science-based agencies?

By Claire Marie Porter

U.S. News & World Report expands evaluation of outcomes in cancer subspecialties

By Sara Willa Ernst

Guest Editorial

USPSTF doesn’t lean right or left—it’s about data, not politics

By Barnett Kramer

Podcasts

In The Headlines: A good week for NIH, a bad week for Vinay Prasad

Cancer Policy

UPenn study supports continued use of ODAC voting

In Brief

Cancer Research Institute announces 2025 recipients of cancer immunotherapy awards

SITC announces 2025 annual award recipients

UIC, Northwestern, Moffitt researchers awarded $1.2M DOD grant for prostate cancer research

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society renamed Blood Cancer United

UNM opens clinic to treat advanced skin cancers and soft tissue sarcomas

Yi Rong appointed editor-in-chief of Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Clinical Roundup

Cannabis use disorder triples risk of oral cancer, UCSD study finds

Blood tests show potential for CRC detection, but follow-up falls short

IGRT shows no reduction in serious infections for patients with CLL

Respiratory viruses can wake up breast cancer cells in lungs, preclinical study shows

Blocking macropinocytosis changes TME, allows for more effective treatment, preclinical study shows

T cells and B cells join to fight solid tumors, Winship study finds

Drugs & Targets

FDA grants priority review for Imfinzi in gastric and GEJ cancer

EC approves Sarclisa in combination with VRd for transplant-eligible newly diagnosed MM

NCI Trials

NCI trials for August 2025

The National Cancer Institute approved the following clinical research studies last month.

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