Summary
In 2025, the Trump administration has reduced over $1 billion from grants given by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These reductions include funding for research on sickle cell disease, a condition that affects about 100,000 Americans, most of whom are Black.
Key Facts
- The U.S. government, under the Trump administration, cut more than $1 billion from NIH grants in 2025.
- NIH is the National Institutes of Health, an agency that funds medical research.
- One of the affected studies was about sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that impacts red blood cells.
- Sickle cell disease affects around 100,000 people in the United States.
- Approximately 90% of those affected by sickle cell disease in the U.S. are Black.
- Dr. Charity Oyedeji, a researcher from Duke University, had her research funding stopped due to the grant cuts.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a national public health institute in the U.S.
