US EditionWorld’s premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos
UNITED STATES, JUL 15 – The White House budget proposal threatens to halt progress by cutting nearly 172 research grants and forcing staff departures at the National Cancer Institute.
- On June 16, the White House proposed slashing the National Cancer Institute’s budget by nearly 40% to $4.53 billion, following the termination of at least 172 grants.
- Amid decades of progress reducing cancer deaths, political attacks have upended the institute, with the Trump administration causing unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, while cancer mortality in the United States has fallen by 34% since 1991.
- Amid budget turmoil, scientists report delays in essential supplies and an exodus of staffers, a recently departed clinician said, highlighting delays, as the National Cancer Institute faces an exodus of clinicians, scientists and other staffers.
- Harold Varmus warned that `If the 40% budget cut passes in Congress, it will destroy clinical research at NCI`, while HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon called the reporting a `biased narrative`.
- Longer-Term, federal budget reductions pose both health research and fiscal risks, and analysts warn they could move the insolvency timeline to 2032, triggering automatic 24% cuts in Social Security and Medicare benefits.
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