Judge Blocks H.H.S. From Terminating $11 Billion in Public Health Grants

A coalition of states sued over the Trump administration’s unexpected move to cut off the funds, which they said imperiled everything from childhood vaccination programs to opioid addiction treatment.The Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. The department told states that public health funds allocated to them during the Covid-19 pandemic were no longer necessary now that the pandemic emergency was over.