Overview

• The executive order directs an immediate $50 million increase that doubles the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative’s annual budget to about $100 million.
• The MAHA Commission and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are tasked with building AI and data infrastructure to improve diagnosis, clinical trials, treatments, and prevention.
• NIH will solicit competitive proposals to fund research teams applying AI to CCDI datasets as well as other health data to speed discoveries.
• HHS will incorporate electronic health records and insurance claims into interoperable datasets, with officials stressing that parents retain control over children’s health information.
• Officials declined to name participating companies or specific timelines, and the targeted boost arrives as proposed NIH/NCI cuts and recent funding pauses raise questions about longer-term support.