Judge Blocks Federal Government From Cutting Medical Research Funding

A federal judge is preventing the cuts, at least for now, in 22 states.

An exterior view of building one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) inside Bethesda campus, in Bethesda, Md., on Nov. 21, 2020. NIH funds the majority of biomedical research in United States. grandbrothers/Shutterstock

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley entered a temporary restraining order on Feb. 10 preventing the federal government from cutting medical research funding in 22 states in response to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts.

The order is in place until further word from the court, Kelley said.