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Judge extends pause on Trump’s NIH medical research grant cuts

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A Massachusetts federal judge extended a pause on the Trump administration's efforts to cap the indirect costs paid to grant recipients from the National Institutes of Health .

The cap could save upward of $4 billion per year.

Indirect costs include mainly include supplementary items for researchers and research intuitions.

The plaintiffs have argued the cap will cause "irreparable harm" if implemented.