Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding

Source: Associated Press, via WTOP

Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding

The Associated Press
February 21, 2025, 3:24 PM

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday again blocked the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving studies.

The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a host of other illnesses — anything from clinical trials of new treatments to basic lab research that is the foundation for discoveries.

Separate lawsuits filed by a group of 22 states plus organizations representing universities, hospitals and research institutions nationwide sued to stop the cuts, saying they would cause “irreparable harm.”

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley had issued a temporary restraining order earlier this month blocking the cuts. During a court hearing in Boston Friday, Kelley, who was appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, extended that temporary block until she rules on an injunction, a more permanent decision.

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