(AURN News) – More than 74,000 patients, many with nowhere else to turn, are learning that their clinical trials have been abruptly halted. That’s part of the fallout from Trump’s push to slash NIH research grants, leaving nearly 400 federally funded trials canceled in just the first half of this year.
This means critical studies on cancer, HIV and chronic illness are now stalled, leaving patients, especially those from underserved Black and brown communities, in the lurch.
A new study from JAMA Internal Medicine lays it out: one in every 30 NIH-backed clinical trials has been upended, and $1.8 billion in research funding vanished almost overnight. Trials focused on prevention, infectious diseases and care for minority communities took the biggest hit.
Some researchers say this is the largest disruption to public medical research in decades.
Click play to listen to the report from AURN White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris. For more news, follow @E_N_McMorris & @aurnonline.
The post Trump’s NIH Cuts Pull the Plug on Thousands of Patients appeared first on American Urban Radio Networks.
