Biden to nominate Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director

RFK Jr. is confirmed, NCORP stops collecting data on sexual orientation, gender
One month in: Trump’s impact on oncology

Earlier this week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services amid many resignations at federal health agencies and cancellations of NIH and NCAB meetings. All of this happened at a time when the Trump administration is reportedly preparing to fire thousands of HHS workers.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.06

By Claire Marie Porter and Jacquelyn Cobb

Podcast

In The Headlines: Trump moves to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%, HHS agencies webpages removed

In this episode of In the Headlines, Paul Goldberg, publisher of The Cancer Letter, and Jacquelyn Cobb, associate editor, discuss the “doomsday scenario” facing academic cancer centers that would follow the success of President Trump’s move to limit indirect costs to 15% for NIH-funded institutions.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

White House

Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s move to limit indirect costs to 15% for NIH-funded institutions
The move could gut academic cancer research

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Feb. 10, issued a preliminary restraining order, blocking the Trump administration from enforcing an NIH guidance that would cut the indirect costs paid on NIH grants to a flat rate of 15%.

“Page Not Found:” HHS agencies purge web pages that hint at DEI, health equity, and gender
Medical group sues over removing “information used every day by health professions”

The web page for the FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity is no more. The pages for the NCI Diversity Training and Biomedical Workforce Development Branch and Disparities Research Branch are kaput as well.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Katie Goldberg

In Brief

UCLA awarded $1.72M NIH grant to train brain cancer scientists

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a $1.72 million grant from NIH to support the Neuro-Oncology Translational Research Training Program, an initiative designed to train the next generation of brain tumor scientists and physician-scientists.

February 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.05

White House

Rooting out the “illegal and immoral discrimination” of DEI is the first order of business for Trump

Surprised was the last thing anyone should claim to be as the Trump administration, on its first day, smashed the federal government’s diversity equity and inclusion offices, literally sending employees who administer these programs packing and making plans for their prompt firing.

January 24, 2025

Vol.51 No.03

By Paul Goldberg

Biden to nominate Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director

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RFK Jr. is confirmed, NCORP stops collecting data on sexual orientation, gender
One month in: Trump’s impact on oncology

Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s move to limit indirect costs to 15% for NIH-funded institutions
The move could gut academic cancer research

“Page Not Found:” HHS agencies purge web pages that hint at DEI, health equity, and gender
Medical group sues over removing “information used every day by health professions”