Court Orders NIH to Reinstate Grants While Litigation Continues

‘The Department has not met its burden of establishing the grounds for a stay in this case,’ a judge said.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., on May 30, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) must reinstate grants that it ended before being sued by states and organizations, an appeals court has ruled.

The Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH’s parent agency, “has not met its burden of establishing the grounds for a stay in this case,” U.S. Circuit Judge Julie Rikelman wrote in a unanimous opinion on July 18 from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit panel.