The National Institutes of Health (NIH) must reinstate grants that it ended before being sued by states and organizations, an appeals court has ruled.
The Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH’s parent agency, “has not met its burden of establishing the grounds for a stay in this case,” U.S. Circuit Judge Julie Rikelman wrote in a unanimous opinion on July 18 from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit panel.
A federal judge ruled in June that the decision on grants was reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and that the NIH must restore grants that were terminated because they were linked to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives….