Trump's NIH cuts Sickle Cell research grant, citing DEI

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07/02/25

NIH cuts study on disease that affects mostly Black patients, citing DEI, doctor says

A doctor says she’s scrambling to figure out how she’ll continue her work helping sickle cell disease patients after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) cancelled her $750,000 research grant, citing DEI and divisiveness as a factor. Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people in the...

www.nbcwashington.com

But two weeks ago, the NIH told her it’s taking away her funding, citing a "low return on investment." It also said studies involving DEI "support unlawful discrimination on the basis of race ... which harms the health of Americans."

 

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Jesus Christ. This administration is absolutely cruel. Never been a more corrupt and selfish oligarchy in this country's history. Even worse than Reagan and Nixon.

 

[Ake1725]

I wonder if he’ll cut funding for cystic fibrosis