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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard and Michael Casey

Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

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A court battle is set to resume Friday over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving discoveries.

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, hospitals and research institutions nationwide.

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