Attorney General Josh Kaul and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting billions of dollars in funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country regardless of whether their states have joined the lawsuit.
Wednesday’s preliminary injunction protects funds that facilitate biomedical research, such as lab, faculty, infrastructure, and utility costs. Without them, lifesaving medical research could be compromised.Â
This lawsuit is being co-led by the attorneys general of Massachusetts, Illinois, and Michigan. Joining Kaul in this coalition are the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
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