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

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 U.S., and 90% of patients are Black, according to NIH. It’s a blood disorder...