The accrediting body for US medical schools has dropped a requirement to teach about health disparities. This decision comes at a time of growing political pressure on the health sector. The original standards required medical schools to include topics related to health disparities in their curricula. The change in standards means that schools are no longer obliged to explicitly teach this issue. The reasons for the cancellation of the request were not immediately disclosed. The new standards will affect the accreditation of medical schools in the US.