Trump Administration Cuts Funding For Black Infant Health Research, Labeling It A DEI Initiative

Trump Administration Cuts Funding For Black Infant Health Research, Labeling It A DEI Initiative

Source: Cultura Creative / Getty It would surprise absolutely no one that infant mortality rates in America are disproportionately high among Black babies, or that Black and Latino babies are more vulnerable than their white counterparts to serious, life-threatening illnesses such as upper respiratory infection (URI). Of course, anyone who has been paying attention to our current political climate would be equally unsurprised to find that, under…

BLK ALERTS - Trump Administration Cuts Funding For Black Infant Health Research, Labeling It A DEI Initiative

Source: Cultura Creative / Getty It would surprise absolutely no one that infant mortality rates in America are disproportionately high among Black babies, or that Black and Latino babies are more vulnerable than their white counterparts to serious, life-threatening illnesses such as upper respiratory infection (URI). Of course, anyone who has been paying attention to our current political climate would be equally unsurprised to find that, under…

NIH pulls plug on Black Infant Health Study - Nashville PRIDE, Inc.

The NIH abruptly ended funding for a Detroit study on Black infant mortality, citing a new directive against DEI-focused research—a decision researchers say is politically motivated and threatens critical health equity work. The post NIH pulls plug on Black Infant Health Study appeared first on Nashville PRIDE, Inc..