News Science & Society $1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest The cuts also target mental health and training programs A new study tallies federal cuts to the National Institutes of Health. Lydia Polimeni/NIH By Sujata Gupta 1 hour ago The headlines keep coming: Another federal grant funding medical research terminated. Another lab devoted to mental health losing its funding. Another clinical trial stopped. It’s all part of actions the Trump administration says are needed to make government more efficient or to eliminate funding related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Opponents say the cuts undermine crucial medical research, gut careers and damage U.S. leadership in science. “When policies shift this frequently, it creates an environment that is simply not conducive to conducting great science or solving big problems,” says Harlan Krumholz, a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Yale School of Medicine.  Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.