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Court Orders Trump Administration to Halt Plans to Gut National Institutes of Health

HeadlineFeb 12, 2025

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the National Institutes of Health from implementing severe cuts to research funding imposed by the Trump administration. This comes after 22 states, including Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit Monday arguing the move would eviscerate studies into treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and other chronic conditions.

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