A federal judge on April 3 granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from cutting more than $11 billion in public health funding.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island said the coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia had demonstrated they would likely succeed in their arguments. She issued a 14-day restraining order barring HHS and its agencies from implementing the cuts while the litigation plays out.
The coalition said in a lawsuit that the action was unlawful and violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
They further argued that HHS had failed to perform individualized assessments of the grants, including how their termination could have “dire consequences” for public health….