A coalition of health researchers, unions and other stakeholders filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the abrupt cancellation of billions of dollars in research grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as unconstitutional.

The coalition, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), argues the administration’s “ongoing ideological purge of hundreds of critical research projects” violates federal law and asks a court to stop the cancellations and order the funding restored.

The lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts district court, said there was no “scientifically-valid explanation or cause” for the NIH to cancel the research projects.........

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