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🔎 What happens when federal funding for DEI-related health research disappears?

Since August 2025, over 6,800 NIH and NSF research grants worth more than $5 billion have been terminated. These cuts disproportionately target projects studying the health of marginalized groups and scientists from underrepresented backgrounds.

Why it matters:

❌ Research on prenatal health, mental health, and HIV prevention has been halted.

❌ Planned elimination of the National Institute on Minority Health threatens to widen health disparities.

📉 Health disparities already cost the U.S. $421–451 billion annually in excess medical care and lost productivity.

🌍 Reducing DEI in research doesn’t just harm marginalized groups. It undermines health outcomes for everyone.

Inclusive research and diverse voices in science don’t just advance equity, they drive better health care and economic well-being for all Americans.

💡 The evidence is clear: A more inclusive vision of science leads to healthier communities and a stronger nation.

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How stripping diversity, equity and inclusion from health care may make Americans sicker Health disparities cost society billions of dollars, and their effects ripple across communities.