Scrubbing race-based programs from the web after being called out isn’t quite an admission of guilt, but neither does it look particularly innocent. Someone should tell Nemours Children’s Health and Atlantic Health System that opponents of discrimination in medicine aren’t so easily fooled.
On July 28, 2026, Do No Harm filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) against Nemours Children’s Health for operating a racially discriminatory pediatric training program for medical students.
The program in question, Nemours’ “Visiting Student Scholar Program,” offers fourth-year medical students clinical and educational opportunities, professional mentorship, and a competitive stipend.
As our complaint charges, the program limits eligibility to medical students who are “underrepresented in medicine,” including certain racial and ethnic groups, in violation of both Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
Since our complaint, a webpage dedicated to the Visiting Student Scholar Program has been taken offline. One could be forgiven for seeing in this clean-up job an attempt to dodge responsibility, blunt any potential HHS-OCR investigation, and throw reformers such as Do No Harm off the scent.
Atlantic Health System has gotten into the deletion game, as well. Also on July 28, Do No Harm filed a complaint with HHS-OCR alleging that Atlantic Health System operates a racially discriminatory pediatric training program for medical students.
As detailed in our complaint, that offering, a “Minority Visiting Clerkship Program,” provides training in pediatric medicine and various educational benefits to fourth-year medical students. To prioritize “diversity” and “inclusion,” eligibility is restricted to members of certain racial groups purportedly underrepresented in medicine, another direct violation of both Title VI and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
Sure enough, Atlantic Health System’s page in question now also omits any mention of the offending program. At least from the Pediatrics page that previously hosted it, the Minority Visiting Clerkship Program has simply vanished.
Interestingly, Atlantic Health System’s program still shows up as a search result on its site, despite the fact that clicking on the link in question produces no mention of it.
These half measures are insufficient and make no guarantee that the discrimination has actually ended or will stay that way. Do No Harm isn’t fooled, and HHS-OCR shouldn’t be, either.
