DEI Bans Won’t Erase Health Disparities George D. Lundberg, MD May 07, 2026

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/dei-bans-wont-erase-health-disparities-2026a1000e87?ecd=wnl_edit_tpal_etid8328764&uac=148436CN&impID=8328764 Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale. — Rudolf Virchow Virchow’s 19th-century observation has rarely felt more urgent than it does today, as political decisions directly disrupt the practice of medicine. In its zeal to root out affirmative action, the current administration overreached into biological realities with its ban of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) terms in medical grant applications. These policy overreaches do more than spark heated debate. They threaten to widen existing health disparities and impede medical research.