Teachers, students and researchers rallied in Boston against proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health.
The medical research world got a reprieve on Friday when a federal judge extended her temporary halt to the Trump administration’s plan to slash National Institutes of Health grant funding. The decision by US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston spares New England universities,
Hours later, a federal district judge in Boston temporarily blocked the cost cuts in those states that had sued earlier in the day. The judge broadened the order early Tuesday morning to apply to all research institutions nationwide.
A federal judge in Boston has ordered a temporary pause nationwide on plans by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to substantially reduce “indirect” research payments to universities,
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts flagship campus are anxiously awaiting a courtroom showdown in Boston on Friday that may determine whether the Trump administration can follow through on its plan to slice National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.
A federal judge in Boston has blocked proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health research funding after Brown University and several other institutions sued the Trump administration over the policy.
Matt Motta, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health, said the NIH cuts are “quite literally breaking the law.” “The way that indirect rates usually work is that they are a negotiation between the government and those who the government is paying,
Its flagship academic medical centers in Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, anchor a health care hub that is arguably the best in the country, if not the world. Reimbursement rates from insurers are growing more slowly than expenses.
Boston University is planning to slow down its spending in anticipation of funding cuts and policy changes amidst a flurry of executive orders impacting federal funding agencies. The National Institute of Health imposed “a flat 15% indirect cost rate on research institutions,