States suing to stop Trump administration cuts to medical research funding
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A coalition of attorneys general from 22 states announced Monday they are suing the Trump administration to stop steep cuts to how medical research grants are funded by the National Institutes of Health.
"We will not allow the Trump Administration to unlawfully undermine our economy, hamstring our competitiveness, or play politics with our public health," said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell in a statement announcing the lawsuit.
Hospitals and universities criticized the move, announced Friday by the Trump administration, which the National Institutes of Health said would save the federal government more than $4 billion a year. As outlined in an NIH memo, it would cap the amount of funding for what are called "indirect costs," for general expenses like facilities and administration, at 15%, down from an average of around 27 to 28%.
