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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration cuts to NIH medical research funding

A new bill in Kansas aims to expand Medicaid access to 150,000 people, introduced by State Governor Laura Kelly to both legislative chambers.
The Healthcare Access for Working Kansans Act would allow eligibility for those earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, as Kansas currently has a lower limit of 44 percent.
Judge Angel Kelley has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health funding for research, affecting institutions nationwide.
The proposed cuts have raised concerns among some Republicans, including Senator Susan Collins, who stated that they would be "devastating, stopping vital biomedical research and leading to the loss of jobs.

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Star Tribune

U of M researchers decry Trump’s cuts to medical research grants

University of Minnesota researchers and state lawmakers denounced detrimental cuts to research facilities receiving National Institutes of Health grants.

10 days ago·Minneapolis, United States

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NY Daily News

Trump’s funding cuts put SUNY programs for 9/11 responders, women’s health at risk

The Trump administration’s efforts to curb research funding has put treatment for 9/11 first responders, studies of top causes of death in older women, and other life-saving programs on college campuses at risk, the State University of New York warned. At the end of last week, the National Institutes of Health announced new limits on federal grants researchers use for equipment, staffing and other overhead costs. The cuts were slated to take eff…

10 days ago·New York, United States

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Carolina Journal

AG Jackson adds NC to lawsuit challenging Trump NIH cuts

On Monday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit with 21 other states, seeking to prevent funding cuts to the National Institute of Health (NIH). This followed action by a federal judge in Massachusetts granting a temporary restraining order blocking the funding cuts under the new Trump administration. “This attempt to slash funding for research awards that have already been granted violates the law and would cost North C…

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KITV4 News

Federal funding in jeopardy for Hawaii cancer research programs

Universities are scrambling after the National Institutes of Health announced a plan to cut millions of dollars in research funding under the Trump administration.

11 days ago·Honolulu, United States

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PBS NewsHour

The possible long-term impact of Trump's cuts to medical research funding

The Trump administration recently announced the National Institutes of Health will make big changes in the way it funds researchers. Scientists say the move will have a huge effect on their work. We hear from medical researchers about the cuts and Amna Nawaz discusses more with Dr. David Skorton of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

11 days ago·Washington, United States

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SFist

Judge Blocks Trump’s Medical Research Funding Cuts, After California and 21 Other States Sue

While the case is not fully decided, a pair of lawsuits has for now halted Trump's attempt to block tens of billions of dollars of life-saving medical research funding provided by the National Institutes of Health, and California played a role. There is a sense that right now, elected Democrats are being feckless in opposing Donald Trump’s onslaught of executive orders, and that only the courts are stopping Trump’s extreme government makeover. B…

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