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Trump Admin. Slashes NIH DEI Funding by 80 Percent, Saving Taxpayers $169 Million
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health has slashed funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion-focused projects by 80%, saving taxpayers $168.7 million in the first six months of the Trump administration, according…

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‘Creeping collectivism’: Appeals court upholds ideological mandate on doctors to keep licenses
The legal doctrine of government speech, which inhibits individual First Amendment rights, got a massive expansion from the Pacific to the Rockies thanks to a federal appeals court that upheld…

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‘Black Scholars Matter’ program at Cal State Northridge faces civil rights complaint
California State University Northridge
The “Black Scholars Matter” program at California State University Northridge violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 according to a new federal complaint shared with The College Fix.

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FTC to receive public comments on gender-affirming care on minors
Following its workshop on the deceptive practices in “gender-affirming care” for minors, the Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry in order to learn from consumers how such care has…

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‘Willfully naïve’: Plaintiffs blast 9th Circuit ruling on parental rights lawsuit
(The Center Square) – One plaintiff called the decision “willfully naïve” on Tuesday after a federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit last week challenging Washington state laws that…

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Medical school accreditors are abandoning DEI, report shows
Medical and healthcare education accreditors are abandoning diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements for schools, a Do No Harm report shows, with the organization’s medical director saying accreditors must…

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Study finds pregnant whites do worse than minorities – authors say racism is ‘complex’
A new study which found racial minorities living in poor areas actually have a lower risk of mental health problems relating to pregnancy compared to their similarly situated…

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Medical School Accreditors Surrender To Trump In Battle Over DEI
Several medical school accreditors appear to be abandoning their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as the Trump administration proves it means business. Of the 11 major medical associations…

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Medical Schools Quietly Maintain Affirmative Action
In Lionel Shriver’s most recent novel, “Mania,” the U.S. has been overtaken by an ideology known as mental parity. Adherents refuse to acknowledge any differences in intelligence or ability. Testing becomes…

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Medical School Accreditors Scale Back DEI Requirements After Trump Executive Order
Medical school accreditors are scaling back diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements in accreditation standards in response to political pressure, marking a dramatic shift in the higher education landscape. Eight major…

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Cassidy Wants To Make Sure Medical Orgs Comply With Trump’s Child Sex-Change Ban
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy has given major healthcare associations weeks to provide evidence they are complying with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the promotion and performance of child sex-changes.

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L.A. Children’s Closes Trans Youth Center Under Pressure from Trump Admin, Joins Growing List of Closures
The Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closed its child-focused Center for Transyouth Health and Development, a public provider of gender-related treatments for children that has been running for more than three…

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What on Earth Is Going on at the University of Wisconsin’s Medical School?
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
The extent of its racial discrimination is eye-popping. Medical schools hold the weighty responsibility of deciding who can become a doctor. So one would hope that they would approach this…

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Leading Medical Journals Care More About DEI Than Major Diseases
In his novel The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann describes wealthy European consumptives who retreat to a sanitorium high in the Swiss Alps, convinced that thin air aids in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.

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USC professor’s gender transitioning clinic shuts down amid Trump administration pressure
University of Southern California
The controversial Los Angeles-based Center for Transyouth Health and Development — one of the largest medical gender transitioning programs in the country — is shuttering its youth-focused treatment program this…

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Another Major Hospital Drops Trans Treatments For Kids
The Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., announced on Friday that it would no longer prescribe transgender-related medication to its patients under growing pressure from the Trump administration. Effective Aug.

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These Medical Schools Can’t Stop Racially Gerrymandering Their Student Bodies
Some medical schools may still be using affirmative action policies to admit more black students over whites and Asians, a new report released Thursday found. Some of these schools appeared…

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College medical group’s cuts to DEI largely ‘cosmetic’: report
The Association of American Medical Colleges continues to infuse “diversity, equity, and inclusion” ideology into medical education despite scrubbing DEI programs and commitments from its website, a medical advocacy group…