The Trump administration’s effort to cut back on federal funding for the National Institute of Health for research programs at universities and medical systems has been blocked nationwide.

In this week's InnovationRx newsletter, federal judges halt Trump's cuts to NIH research payments, rural hospitals' ongoing financial struggles, a major measles outbreak and a new treatment for a rare neurological condition.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from making big cuts in medical research funding ordered by the Trump administration. The proposed cost-cutting could have reduced support for hospitals,

A federal judge in Boston has ordered a temporary pause nationwide on plans by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to substantially reduce “indirect” research payments to universities,

The funds, known as “indirect costs,” help universities maintain expensive labs and other infrastructure. Trump’s administration seeks to cut that funding by roughly half the current amount.

A federal judge issued a nationwide temporary pause on plans by the NIH to substantially slash research overhead payments.