Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Cuts Sickle Cell Research… 90% Of Patients Are Black And Left Hanging

Trump’s new federal budget cuts have pulled the plug on a major sickle cell research grant at Duke University — a blow to the 90% of sickle cell patients who are Black. The NIH claims the project was too focused on DEI and lacked “return on investment.” Doctors warn these cuts could roll back decades of progress fighting this painful, life-threatening disease.