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Medical schools ‘skirting’ SCOTUS ruling rejecting race in admissions: report
A new report conducted by nonprofit organization Do No Harm (DNH) is sounding the alarm on medical schools allegedly “skirting” a 2023 Supreme Court ruling rejecting the use of…

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University of Washington medical school renames directory and opens program to all races after anti-DEI lawsuit
The University of Washington’s medical school recently decided to rename its “BIPOC Physicians Directory” into the “MD Connections Directory,” thus removing the reference to a left-wing racial buzzword in the…

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What Trump Can Do ‘On Day One’ To Reverse The Spread Of Transgender Ideology
President-elect Donald Trump promised throughout his campaign to dismantle the transgender agenda by taking actions to protect women’s sports, remove gender ideology from schools and limit access to dangerous sex…

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Missouri State University defies trend, continues DEI spending
Missouri State University is continuing its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) spending, even as public sentiment and many state lawmakers have turned against it. A survey of the DEI programs…

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Group commits to DEI legal challenges, says DEI policies account for $124B
The Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty is vowing to take on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in government with a series of lawsuits and legal actions, including a federal…

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The Gender-Affirming Care Double Standard
In medical terms, is one in 1,000 a rare event? The answer, it turns out, is political. When it comes to Type-2 diabetes, the health-care establishment appears to agree that…

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Study ties ‘gendered racial microaggressions’ to high blood pressure in mothers of color
Pregnant women of color who complain about medical professionals committing “gendered racial microaggressions” during OB/GYN visits are more likely to experience elevated blood pressure after giving birth, a study shows.

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Top Medical Association Academic Blames Health Care Problems On ‘Cisgenderism’
A top employee for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) said that he had dedicated his career to unpacking people’s “invisible knapsacks” of white privilege, and blamed…

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Second Circuit Revives DEI Challenge to Pfizer Fellowship
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit challenging Pfizer Inc.‘s fellowship program aimed at building a diverse workforce, saying that a trial judge applied the wrong standard in assessing whether…

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Pfizer must face lawsuit over diversity fellowship program, US court rules
A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer (PFE.N) fellowship program designed to…

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Medical School Opens Up ‘BIPOC’ Physician’s Directory to All Races after Lawsuit from Watchdog Group
The University of Washington’s medical school is clarifying that a professional networking tool is available to white physicians after facing a legal challenge for alleged racial discrimination. The University of…

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Here’s How Much Medical Schools Pay For Membership In Woke Academic Association
The invoice, obtained through a public information request by Do No Harm, an organization opposed to the politicization of medicine, shows that the University of Utah’s Spencer Fox Eccles School…

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Trump Can Bring Transparency to the Transgender Mess
Of all the messes that Joe Biden is leaving Donald Trump, the dirtiest may be the federal government’s endorsement of sex-change treatments for children. The Biden administration has supported expanding children’s…

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Gender transition procedures for minors receive increased scrutiny from emboldened GOP
According to medical nonprofit group Do No Harm, between 2019 and 2023, there were at least 13,394 gender reassignment procedures on individuals 17.5 years old or younger nationwide,…

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Seattle doctor rushing to do trans surgeries before Trump inauguration slammed in scathing ad campaign
Do No Harm, an advocacy group opposed to the performance of transgender surgeries on minors, launched a digital ad campaign largely centered in the Seattle area to…

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Boston U. ‘Queering Health’ class to teach ‘LGBTQ+ affirming therapies’
Ian Kingsbury, research director at Do No Harm, told The College Fix via a media statement that the course is politicizing medicine. “The politically coded language is a strong indication that this…

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Do No Harm sues Defense Dept officials, University of Colorado, for allegedly discriminating against white applicants for medical scholarships
Non-profit advocacy group Do No Harm (DNH) recently filed a lawsuit against the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) on grounds that their E. Anthony Rankin Scholarship Program excludes white…

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Major Medical Association Pushes For DEI ‘To Be Embedded In Everything’
AAMC Director of Gender Equity Initiatives Diana Lautenberger said Thursday that the latest webinar was focused on “how do you really institutionalize allyship at your organization” and ”what allyship looks…