A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the cuts from taking effect earlier this month in response to separate lawsuits filed by a group of 22 states plus organizations representing universities,

A federal judge announced Friday she will extend a temporary restraining order that prevents the National Institutes of Health from capping indirect costs paid to research universities and medical schools that receive funding from the federal agency.

The decision by US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston spares New England universities, hospitals, and research institutes, at least for now, from an estimated $800 million in reductions to NIH reimbursement for indirect costs such as rent and utilities.

A federal judge is set to hear arguments today for and against extending a block on the National Institutes of Health’s recent directive to cut support for medical research—much of which happens at universities—by more than $4 billion.

Twenty-two states, led by Massachusetts ... The legal dispute centers on a Feb. 7 memo from the National Institutes of Health that seeks a 15% cap on what are known as the “indirect” costs ...

Central Massachusetts community leaders, business owners, and patients are sounding alarm bells over the calamitous effects of the Trump Administration's proposed NIH and Medicaid funding.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 15 attorneys general in a statement ahead of a court hearing Friday, in which the judge extended the temporary block to cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding.

A two-page order by Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts granted a request for a restraining order filed hours earlier by New York State Attorney General Letitia James and 21 other state attorneys general alleging the cuts violated Congressional appropriations law and asking that grant payments continue.

A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked ... hospitals and research institutions nationwide. The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds ...

The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a host of other illnesses — anything from clinical trials of new treatments to basic lab research that is the foundation for discoveries.