Child Cancer & Disease
2024
2024-02-15 The Creating Hope Reauthorization Act, intended to encourage development of treatments for rare pediatric diseases, faced expiration without action from the administration.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7384
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4583/titles
https://everylifefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Creating-Hope-Reauthorization-Act_ELF.pdf
2025 August
2025-08-26 The Trump administration ended funding for pediatric brain cancer research after March 2026, halting $4M per year.
https://aacrjournals.org/cdnews/news/2629/Pediatric-Brain-Tumor-Initiative-to-End
https://coloradonewsline.com/2025/09/17/childhood-brain-tumor-research-colorado/
https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/pediatric-brain-tumor-consortium-disbanding-funding-trump/
https://aacrjournals.org/cdnews/news/2629/Pediatric-Brain-Tumor-Initiative-to-End
https://coloradonewsline.com/2025/09/17/childhood-brain-tumor-research-colorado/
https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/pediatric-brain-tumor-consortium-disbanding-funding-trump/
https://www.childrensbraintumorproject.org/2025/08/29/nytimes_pbtc/
2026 April
2026-04-10 Trump’s 2027 budget will further cut $923M from HIV/AIDS healthcare, $561M from maternal and child health, $576M from mental health including suicide prevention, and $872M from health workforce programs. This would be the single largest spending increase since WWII.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/ttrump-2027-budget-extends-us-global-and-domestic-health-cuts/