NIH Defunds Dozens Of Studies On LGBTQ Health

The Associated Press reports:

A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science. Last week the U.S. government terminated at least 68 grants to 46 institutions totaling nearly $40 million.

Insights from minority populations can increase knowledge that affects everyone, said Simon Rosser, who studies cancer in gay and bisexual men at the University of Minnesota. “We now no longer have anywhere studying LGBT cancer in the United States,” said Rosser, who saw his grants canceled on Friday.

Termination letters seen by The Associated Press gave as reasons that the research was “unscientific” or did “nothing to enhance the health of many Americans.”

Read the full article. Some of the canceled grants would have funded research on HIV prevention, LGBTQ youth suicide, preventive care for LGBTQ Americans, and on keeping LGBTQ seniors healthy.

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