Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration cuts to NIH medical research funding

Maine labs and research centers could lose millions in NIH funding cuts

The cuts, announced earlier in February under the Trump administration, are on hold as they move through the courts.

U of M researchers decry Trump’s cuts to medical research grants

University of Minnesota researchers and state lawmakers denounced detrimental cuts to research facilities receiving National Institutes of Health grants.

Trump’s funding cuts put SUNY programs for 9/11 responders, women’s health at risk

The Trump administration’s efforts to curb research funding has put treatment for 9/11 first responders, studies of top causes of death in older women, and other life-saving programs on college campuses at risk, the State University of New York warned. At the end of last week, the National Institutes of Health announced new limits on federal grants researchers use for equipment, staffing and other overhead costs. The cuts were slated to take eff…

AG Jackson adds NC to lawsuit challenging Trump NIH cuts

On Monday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit with 21 other states, seeking to prevent funding cuts to the National Institute of Health (NIH). This followed action by a federal judge in Massachusetts granting a temporary restraining order blocking the funding cuts under the new Trump administration. “This attempt to slash funding for research awards that have already been granted violates the law and would cost North C…

Federal funding in jeopardy for Hawaii cancer research programs

Universities are scrambling after the National Institutes of Health announced a plan to cut millions of dollars in research funding under the Trump administration.

The possible long-term impact of Trump's cuts to medical research funding

The Trump administration recently announced the National Institutes of Health will make big changes in the way it funds researchers. Scientists say the move will have a huge effect on their work. We hear from medical researchers about the cuts and Amna Nawaz discusses more with Dr. David Skorton of the Association of American Medical Colleges.