Democratic attorneys general in 16 states led by New York and Massachusetts sued the Trump administration Friday over the cancellation of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants for medical research.

In March, the NIH began to terminate millions of dollars in grant funding for previously approved research projects, including projects focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), LGBTQ health, and vaccine hesitancy, on the basis that the projects no longer align with NIH priorities.

But the agency did not define these terms or explain how they apply to the terminated research.

In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the coalition challenged the administration’s “abrupt, unjustified, and illegal decision to revoke these funds” as well as the NIH’s suspension of the grant approval........

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