Democratic attorneys general of 22 states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block billions of dollars in cuts to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ordered last week by the Trump administration.
Filed in federal court in Boston, their lawsuit is seeking to stop cuts to the NIH, including the reimbursement rate for the indirect costs to research institutions that are not directly related to a scientific project’s goals. Indirect costs include laboratory space, faculty, equipment, and infrastructure.
The lawsuit, which accuses the NIH of exceeding its authority and violating federal law, is being led by the attorneys general of Massachusetts, Illinois, and Michigan….