Federal Judge Blocks HHS From Terminating Health Funding for 4 Municipalities

The Department of Health and Human Services had argued that it terminated the funding because the pandemic is already over.

Michael Beach protests President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to health services outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on June 10, 2025. Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from cutting public health funding for four municipalities and ordered that their funding be restored.

In a 42-page memorandum opinion, District Judge Christopher Cooper granted a preliminary injunction requested by four local governments—Harris County, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Davidson County and Nashville, Tennessee; and Kansas City, Missouri.