The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA kffhealthnews.org/news/article... www.statnews.com/2025/07/08/f...

Recent research showed a correlation between new-onset diabetes and pancreatic cancer, suggesting it could be a potential marker for earlier detection. Learn more: http://spr.ly/633214Qzo9

The Supreme Court is corrupt and we should say that. @joshtpm.bsky.social:

BREAKING: The Supreme Court, via the shadow docket, has greenlighted the DOGE mass firings. From us at NIH: The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party. It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪

"It's a crap show" "I really, really don’t understand what they’re trying to achieve” "People will die" "Outdated PDQ information is 'really very dangerous'” Many thanks to @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for this great piece of investigative journalism. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

Trump, RFKJ 🧠🪱, and Bhattacharya want to make it HARDER to access cancer information, too.

Gentle reminder that Saturday, 14 June, is #NoKingsDay Please visit www.nokings.org to find the protest nearest you. #AltCitizen

Bill Cassidy was soooo confident in 🧠🪱's assurances that vaccines wouldn't be touched. Where is Bill Cassidy now? #WheresBill #SaveCDC #SaveACIP

Trump NIH director Bhattacharya took to Twitter to spin the Bethesda Declaration. We're here to point out his confusion and contradictions. 🫡 First, it is laughable for him to say he's removing ideology. Trump has inserted a rightwing ideology, stripping Harvard of science for ideological reasons.

There is a second support letter that the public can sign. You can help advance medical cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support. And please share with your family and friends!

“We urge you as NIH Director to restore grants delayed or terminated for political reasons so that life-saving science can continue.” Over one hundred NIH employees publish a letter of dissent to Trump administration attacks on medical research, the “Bethesda Declaration.” 🧪

“History has its eyes on you” - Hamilton ⭐️ We are proud of the NIH patriots, including some staff at NCI, for penning their names to the Bethesda Declaration and choosing to be in the right side of history ✊🏼

NEWS this morning: Hundreds of NIH workers sent a sharply worded letter to Trump officials this morning protesting their actions regarding the agency, saying they are causing a "dramatic reduction in life-saving research.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

People don’t realize just how much damage this administration is doing to American science—and confidence in American science globally. Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…

The blowup between Elon and Trump hasn’t ended DOGE, it’s still expanding. Russ Vought now plans to institutionalize DOGE across the federal government, and Elon’s staffers are embedded deep within key agencies.

This tracks. “The appointment is significant because the institute has never had a political appointee other than the NCI director.” More and more politicos are being given the keys to drive the narrative at NIH, and now the car is parked in NCI’s driveway. 🤞🏼 Doug Lowy stays in the driver’s seat

One thing the MAHA report is seriously missing: connection to reality. You can’t tackle chronic illness while gutting the workforce that prevents it. Health departments hollowed out, $11b of directed federal support pulled, 20k jobs at health agencies eliminated. zurl.co/QUnUU

Our #Alt sibling has a way with words. Perhaps many feel this way after this week. Thanks, @madhouser.altgov.info ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷

If you are wondering why recently departed senior NIH officials are not speaking out more, there is a legal 1-year cooling off period for matters related to NIH. Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.

Work at NCI or know someone who does? Are you a cancer researcher whose work impacted by the funding cuts? We'd like to start collecting stories about how RFKJ 🧠🪱 and JB are affecting you and what the future of NCI/NIH looks like for people who need a bit more education/awareness. Send us an anon DM

How are diverse cell types organized within tissue niches to maintain cohesive function? A recent study systematically identifies cross-tissue, co-occurring cellular modules and how these become rewired in disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪 🥽

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya June 10, 10am ET www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

The Trump admin has illegally fired THOUSANDS of federal employees who work every day to deliver for the American people.   People like Keri in MD — whose work promoted US manufacturing & jobs, until she was fired. I shared her story in a hearing with Sec. Lutnick this morning:

Xavier Beccera, HHS secretary in the pre-madness era before RFKJ, has broken his silence. 👇

The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year eliminates funding for programs that provide lifesaving vaccines around the world, including immunizations for polio. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/h...

Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."

Did the Tr*mp administration cancel your NIH or NCI grant proposal? Know someone who was affected? The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the House wants to hear from you. Please fill out this link and share. forms.office.com/pages/respon... #CancerResearch #OncoSky #CanSky

NIH is getting rotten to the core. If we have any reporters who follow us, this is our outcry to start looking into: Andrew Nixon, Director of Comms at HHS Laci Williams Deputy Director of Strategic Comms at NIH Thomas Buckley, Director of Strategic Comms at NIH. They’re the “let’s be clear” gang

THIS JUST IN 🚨 Meet the new Deputy Director of Strategic Communications at NIH: Laci Williams. We’ve taken the liberty of sharing a few screenshots of her recent tweets. Her name is just one of three EVERYONE needs to start learning & REPORTING. ‼️This is where communications is heading at NIH‼️

“We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” - Bayard Rustin ICYMI HHS budget ✂️ NCI funding by 40% ($7.2B ➡️$4.5B) God bless the anon NIH sources in this reporting who’re speaking truth to power. Talk about scathing & we 👏🏽 are 👏🏻 here 👏🏼 for 👏🏽 it www.thenation.com/article/poli...

has been linked to sustained federal investment in research,” said the American Cancer Society Action Network. This commitment has helped lead to the remarkable statistic of over 18 million cancer survivors currently living in the U.S. today.

The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,

"You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up! Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one and if they ever figure that out there goes our way of life!" Ants, our day will come. In the meantime, rest up for the road ahead. And maybe (re)watch A Bug's Life this week. GN 💚🐜

The study, which is funded by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of Tarrytown, NY, aims to enroll 10,000 participants, who can be of any gender, and with or without a history of #BreastCancer. Participants will get a “spit kit” mailed to them with return postage paid. #CanSky sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/r...

They gave Elon a participation trophy for cutting pediatric cancer research and meals on wheels.

We couldn't agree more. Bhattacharya has no idea what he is doing. And the fact that we are now nearly 6 months into the Regime 2.0 and appointing a new NCI Director hasn't even been talked about is frightening. We cannot trust "Jay" to lead the way. People's lives are at stake!!!

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Cancer survivors cope with their diagnosis, treatment, and life with or after cancer in different ways. Here are stories of #CancerSurvivors and #caregivers who found a purpose in sharing their experiences and giving back to others. cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/about/vi... #NCSD

📣 Good morning! Day 3 is underway at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago. Find a full listing of presentations with Winship experts here. #ASCO25 👉 brnw.ch/21wSZut

WOW!! 🤩 🤯 Thank you to our nearly 400 supporters who have clicked the “follow” button since we started this acct two days ago. We see you! Are you at #ASCO25? Comment below. We’d like to know what people are saying about the lack of NCI’s presence & how it’s affecting #CancerResearch. #OncSky

While we cannot confirm how many (if any) NCI staff are in Chicago for #ASCO25, we want to make sure #CancerResearchers know that you can earn some CE credits by attending an early-onset cancer session with former (read: fabulous) NCI Director Kim Rathmell meetings.asco.org/2025-asco-an... #OncSky

Ps scientists: if you’d like to write something for our blog please reach out. Anonymity is possible. We want to do what we can to get the word out about what’s happening.

Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."

Dr. Scott Ramsey of Fred Hutch discusses blood tests for cancer detection at #ASCO25

I shared the ASCO stage with Dr Dawn Hershman when we were both awarded a career development award as we were starting our careers. Amazing to share the stage with her again as we are awarded once more at #ASCO25. Truly honored and excited to do so.

Psst ... want to see how we're brewing up #ASCO25? We're busy behind the scenes making sure everything's just right! Can't WAIT to officially open the doors, welcome everyone, and get this Annual Meeting party started! See you there!

Today at #ASCO25, @DrWGradishar will discuss the significance and future implications of abstracts presented during the Metastatic Breast Cancer Oral Abstract Session and panel discussion. 📅 Saturday, May 31 ⌚️: 1:15 p.m. CT 📍: Hall B1 / Live Stream @nuintmed.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social

Looks like the Regime caught wind 🌬️ of our resistance and effort to speak the truth on #Instagram and went to directly to Meta and Zuckerberg to complain 👶🏻😭. A reason was not provided and NCI hit the “appeal” button. Immediately DENIED 🚨‼️ Just like Senator Warren said: “Nevertheless [we] persisted.”

They are giving the middle finger to Kennedy, Makary, Prasad, Hoeg, and Bhattacharya. Good.