The Trump administration is canceling dozens of National Institutes of Health grants funding health equity research, including work studying Black maternal and fetal health and HIV.
Grantees were told in termination notices delivered over the last several days that their project “no longer effectuates agency priorities” and that “so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) studies are often used to support unlawful discrimination on the basis of race.”
Advancing health equity was a priority of the Biden administration, creating a tacit acknowledgment that people of color often have worse health outcomes than white people because of racism, increased barriers to accessing health care and other factors.
