Overview

• The directive tasks the MAHA Commission and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy with using the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative to improve diagnoses, clinical-trial design, treatments and prevention.
• NIH will immediately add $50 million to double the current CCDI investment and will solicit competitive, peer‑reviewed AI research proposals.
• Officials say electronic health records and claims data will inform the effort, with parents retaining control over their children's health information.
• The targeted infusion comes as the administration has proposed deep cuts and canceled or paused broader NIH and NCI research funding, prompting scrutiny from scientists and advocates.
• Trump signed the order in the Oval Office alongside childhood cancer survivors and senior health officials, including HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya and NCI leadership.