HHS Axes NIH Diversity Grant, Because Progress Is Scary
In a move that screams 2024 backward, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) dropped the mic on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant program dedicated to students from marginalized backgrounds pursuing biomedical sciences. Apparently, funding future scientists of diverse roots is too much excitement for the bureaucratic party. No flashy dollar amounts splashed around, but the impact of yanking support from bright minds aiming at curing diseases is like taking Slim Jim away from a hungry college student—disastrous and borderline cruel. The grant’s termination is less about budget crunch and more like a plot twist in a bad procedural drama where diversity gets cancelled mid-season.
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HHS just cancelled an NIH grant helping marginalized students chase science dreams. Because who needs variety in labs when you can have a monologue of boring sameness? Science just got downgraded to Disposable Blondes without support.
Cutting funds for marginalized science students? Apparently, HHS prefers curing diversity with a lethal injection of budget cuts.
Imagine telling future biomedical whizzes from marginalized groups that their dreams got ghosted by HHS. Plot twist: science equals exclusive club now.
Source: Statnews | Published: 8/25/2025 | Author: Veronica Paulus
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