Cheryl Thompson

A recent study shows Medicaid expansion was associated with about a 5% lower risk of death and a 1.4 percentage point reduction in five-year mortality—equivalent to roughly 1,400 fewer deaths per 100,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer. https://nbcc.info/4bKXZDx

A *huge* problem. It also includes search committee positions, review requests, letters of recommendation, P&T reviews (so, so many of these post tenure)—it goes on and on. And the social penalties for women saying no are so dramatically higher than when men say no.

A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

Join us today as we fact check Jay Bhattacharya as he testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the NIH budget. Watch here! www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

Future Cancer Cures in Jeopardy as President Proposes Massive Cuts to National Cancer Institute WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, the president released his final proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 which contains $4.531 billion for the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Today POTUS released his final proposed budget for FY26, which slices 25.2% from #HHS, including approx.:

• 37.2% cut to #NCI
• 40.4% cut to #NIH
• 53.3% cut to #CDC

This will not only stall scientific breakthroughs but impact our ability to combat the rising incidence of #cancer nationwide. (1/2)

Go Fever!!

A headline reads: “Trump Administration Reverses Cancellations Of Student Visas.” More text reads: “The sudden shift came as a reprieve for the more than 1,500 international students who have had their visas canceled in recent weeks.”

The Trump administration abruptly walked back its cancellation of more than 1,500 visas held by international students on Friday, announcing a dramatic shift by ICE during a court hearing in Washington. nyti.ms/4lIMsXT

Can’t wait for regionals!

Significant HHS Workforce Reduction and Restructuring Threaten the Nation’s Fight Against Cancer Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will be cutting more than 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring that will impact operations at the U.S. Centers for Di...

This is just one example of how drastic staff cuts at HHS threaten the nation’s fight against cancer.

We urge the administration to reconsider the impact of these reductions to critical agencies on the health and wellbeing of people nationwide and our collective fight against cancer. (2/2)

HPV Vaccine is Cancer Prevention A couple of years ago I was waiting in a clinic to see my physician for a normal well check. When a nurse I had never met came in to check my vitals, she started with small talk. “How are you doing…

"The vaccine provides close to 100% protection against infections and pre-cancers caused by certain types of HPV. That is remarkable."

Effective cancer prevention. www.voicesforvaccines.org/hpv-vaccine-...

INCREDIBLE TURNOUT with hundreds of thousands of people attending #HandsOff rallies around the US to protest illegal cuts and government corruption ✊

#nyc #newyork #boston #ma #chicago #il #stpaul #minneapolis #mn #saltlakecity #ut #washington #dc

The first randomized trial comparing fecal occult blood testing (every other year) testing and (one-time) colonoscopy. No significant difference in colon cancer mortality among >56,000 participants
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social

DOGE ends America’s golden age of biomedical research Biomedical research impacts all of us. I became curious about how drugs work after my mom was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was a small boy. She received “gold shots” as treatment, which ...

I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. What’s happening at the NIH is devastating. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper.

www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...

Sign the petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional – it’s essential ACS CAN is the leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.

Last week, Congress passed a budget bill that includes cuts to #CancerResearch.

Cuts to research funding, reductions in key staff & spending freezes all jeopardize progress in the fight against cancer.

Sign our new petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional—it’s essential.

We are getting a LOT of requests from reporters for info about what is going on at NIH.

If you are an extramural NIH scientist willing to speak to reporters please DM us and we'll make a list.

(Hey @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social, this science and medical research stuff has resonance!)

Thank you! Most of my days lately have been mental health consulting to the junior faculty I work with.

Thanks! That’s what I’m seeing too.

@altnih4science.bsky.social or anyone have any insight as to if any NIH NOAs will be issued anytime soon?

National Breast Cancer Coalition Opposes Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - National Breast Cancer Coalition This letter, authored by members of the NBCC Board of Directors, was sent to the Senate Finance and HELP Committees on January 29, 2025.

Robert Kennedy Jr. has a longstanding public record of taking dangerous anti-science and anti-public health views. He actively spreads false and misleading public health information. Read our letter urging the Senate to block his confirmation. www.stopbreastcancer.org/national-bre...

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

JUST IN:

Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do they live? | Social Science Research Institute This article was originally written for The Conversation by Jennifer Van Hook, PRI Director & Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography.

@pop.psu.edu Director, Jennifer Van Hook, wrote a piece in @us.theconversation.com about who are #Immigrants to the US, where do they come from, and where do they live.

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80 million people in the United States count on #Medicaid for critical, lifesaving health care, including cancer screenings and treatment. (1/2)